New York Fashion Week made a case for riotous color and carbon neutrality in the face of political and ecological dystopia. Meanwhile, Charlotte Knowles is biting back this London Fashion Week—with a collection called Venom.
from the label’s Fall collection for the VMA red carpet, and the determined pair have also released a sportswear capsule with Canadian juggernaut Ssense, a coup for the Montreal-born Arsenault. “Sports bras and shorts work really well within our universe because we can do it with our edge,” he says.
Now, with their runway show tomorrow, in the bigger picture, this could also be the last London Fashion Week within the EU. As tough as it is for any young label to survive, with such uncertainty, freedoms previously enjoyed will be threatened within the industry, and this will affect labels like Charlotte Knowles. On cue, the duo are taking the current atmosphere as a call to arms.
“I love the edge of romanticism in the ’90s. Kind of badass, it never looked like Lolita,” says Knowles of the cowl-neck slip dresses in bleached-out checks and camouflage-ish murky florals. The mood board includes an image of a young Paris Hilton in a hot pink cutaway one-piece, nestled among fabric swatches and some edgier imagery. “We just loved the shape,” says Arsenault.
The runway show will also feature the first Charlotte Knowles accessories. Jewelry, made with friend Alexandre Calliot, will feel weaponized, with anodized aluminum punctured nails, semiprecious stones, and bullet holes . “We quite liked the idea of something delicate becoming a dangerous thing,” says Knowles. The shoes are a defiantly alien take on the Cuban heel, masterminded by Marko Bakovic . “They’re angular and animalistic. The front looks like a snake’s head,” says Arsenault proudly.
Onward to Tuesday’s show. What will be the directions for the models? “This is our starting crew. Creating a new movement, a new wardrobe. Send them out strong and powerful, so people are scared,” says Arsenault with a smile.
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