After main us by way of three seasons of tenting adventures, Natasha Zinko transported the style brat pack to outer area for fall. Drawing inspiration from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Area Odyssey, the place area journey was depicted as an earthly on a regular basis exercise—“like shopping for a prepare ticket,” stated Zinko—the gathering explored themes of life the place area apparel is crucial. She defined her pondering in a preview, saying: “It’s concerning the human want to increase and discover, the place the extraordinary turns into the abnormal.”
The inventive imaginative and prescient, rooted in futurism, channeled a ’60s mod-inspired aesthetic, reflecting the period of the area race (which was additionally the title of the gathering) between the Chilly Conflict rivals, the US and the Soviet Union. Area fits have been reimagined into on a regular basis put on, that includes a spectrum of whites: structured jackets with capacious sleeves and dishevelled pants with strips of padded material, crafted from bonded neoprene and gabardine. This recurring cocoon-like silhouette, stated Zinko, was a tribute to Pierre Cardin’s Nineteen Sixties Area Age–themed designs.
In continuation of the space-age temper, Zinko introduced bodysuits that ranged from slouchy to formfitting in hues like bone, eggshell, and off-white, paying homage to undergarments. Zip-up white and Pepto-pink clothes in mini and midi lengths supplied a up to date tackle Nineteen Sixties air hostess uniforms. Classic cargo pants have been remodeled into souped-up dishevelled trousers paired with matching jackets that draped on the entrance. Whereas it was refreshing to see Zinko discover new thematic terrain, a bit of extra nuance on the temper board would take her to the vacation spot she so needs.
