Space-Age fashion. Is it still relevant today? And can we have a future if we don’t take care of our present?
Those were some questions pondered by Yolanda Zobel for her debut collection for the house, titled “The Future Is Behind You.” After all, in a world drowning in plastic waste, sorting out planet Earth is more of a preoccupation for the youth of today.
It’s all part of the repurposing vision for the brand’s reboot.
The textured vinyl synonymous with Courrèges was the starting point for the collection, but more the decaying state of materials lying in the house archives, which the designer sought to re-create in materials dappled with shine. “I want to take people with me in what it feels like to come inside a treasure box like this,” said the designer, who has pledged to discontinue its production while investing brand profits in developing an alternative material for the future. Instead for her “post-plastic” collection, the focus was more on natural-looking fabrics like unwashed, non-dyed cotton.
The collection oscillated between crazy club gear telegraphing the cool kids of the Berlin scene that the designer is part of, with tamer items like capes and anoraks. Highlights included a beige trench in a
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