On the similar time that different designers have tailored the physicality that has characterised Antonio Tarantini’s work for ATXV (a number of pulling and tying), so the Italian designer has refined his approach for spring. He nonetheless draped immediately on the shape, however feeling particularly liberated, targeted on suspended strips of cloth (the sides all completed by hand) that fell open to disclose supplies of various textures or colours. “After I work with my arms; in that second I really feel utterly, utterly free. This season I wished to offer life to my drapes to be extra three-dimensional,” stated Tarantini on a name. To that finish, elastic changed belts.
As at all times, the designer discovered ingenious methods to disclose swaths of skins in ways in which felt classical in addition to fashionable, and which enchantment to pop stars like Rosé and Charli XCX. A few of the items could possibly be worn in a couple of means. Tarantini additionally took on one of many foundational items of the wardrobe, the T-shirt. ATXV’s within the most interesting silk jersey, and the designer, who has been spending time on TikTok, was pondering of those easy clothes as a transformative filter. But in the long run, the story of ATXV isn’t about concealing however a love affair with the physique. “I actually prefer to create garments that don’t communicate for you; garments should be alive,” Tarantini stated. “I don’t like garments as armor; for me, clothes is freedom, a garment is an emotion, and in my case, a type of liberation.”
