by Gaia Schiavetti . photo di Giorgio Cavestro
Between wars declared because of honor, religion, power, women, the one that will involve humanity most may have yet to be fought.
It took millennia to us to become aware of sustainability and perhaps today we can say that we are finally in an era where respecting nature is cool. We may not wear jute and wood, we are more futuristic than ever in our astronaut uniforms but we do not walk on lawns with pointed shoes. A wide and bare room, projections with interference effect on the walls.
Lights that remain extinguished until the model reaches the beginning of the parterre. A slogan on an oversized puffer jacket: There is no planet B “. John Richmond is the conveyer of a clear and complex message at the same time and entrusts its dissemination to the garments of his new collection for Fall Winter 2018/19.
Man and woman walk together in a mood of modern decadence, pale faces and waxy skins that sometimes protected behind suits and voluminous coats, sometimes under gray tights.The leather is burgundy or black for the woman and turns into a dress or a total black coordinate with extremely soft wide fit trousers. Bodies covered in layers, the transparencies reveal the male and female skin as if they are eco-gladiators ready to fight.
They are linked to their origins by the vintage Richmond prints revisited for a future of fashion where day and night mix without specific laws. Leathers are overlapped with uncoated colors, sweatshirts and sequins are good together, the puffer bomber walks on transparent dresses with embroidery, the sporty sock becomes veiled knee-high thights: it’s revolution made in Richmond.
