As you may know -since reading Morphosis-, Siki Im is a former Karl Lagerfeld and Helmut Lang designer. He was born and raised in Germany, studied architecture in Oxford, moved in NYC in 2001 and started his own label less than a year ago and this is his sophomore collection.
In alignment with his past collection that was inspired by William Golding's novel 'The Lord of the flies', this season's one alludes to yet another fiction : the resourcefulness and the questioning of old values of the kids in Golding's novel resume in the erring tribulations of anti-hero Patrick Bateman in Brad Easton Ellis' 'American Psycho'. While this satire about the financier and successful city dweller is an overt criticism of the elite, identifying it as a race of greedy, abusive and vain "non-individuals" sets the stage for the season. The concept of the collection goes beyond the novel's narrative, and expands into a renewed questioning of existing values. The clothes, with a predominance of pure fabrics and a preponderance of cashmere, can be understood as a direct reference to the movie, nevertheless suggesting a new kind of wardrobe by the means of deconstruction, thus creating new interesting shapes. Like last season, the tailored jacket remains the focal point of the collection : new styles including a lapel-less jacket can be combined with a wide range of pants, wide-legged, straight and cropped, men's skirts (fully quilted and coming again in a long and a short version), as well as quilted trench coats and irregular knitwear layers. While remaining exuberantly luxurious and attaching great attention to details, these pieces by Siki Im are proposing a total deviation from the classical banker silhouette to create an accoutrement for the modern man.
In alignment with his past collection that was inspired by William Golding's novel 'The Lord of the flies', this season's one alludes to yet another fiction : the resourcefulness and the questioning of old values of the kids in Golding's novel resume in the erring tribulations of anti-hero Patrick Bateman in Brad Easton Ellis' 'American Psycho'. While this satire about the financier and successful city dweller is an overt criticism of the elite, identifying it as a race of greedy, abusive and vain "non-individuals" sets the stage for the season. The concept of the collection goes beyond the novel's narrative, and expands into a renewed questioning of existing values. The clothes, with a predominance of pure fabrics and a preponderance of cashmere, can be understood as a direct reference to the movie, nevertheless suggesting a new kind of wardrobe by the means of deconstruction, thus creating new interesting shapes. Like last season, the tailored jacket remains the focal point of the collection : new styles including a lapel-less jacket can be combined with a wide range of pants, wide-legged, straight and cropped, men's skirts (fully quilted and coming again in a long and a short version), as well as quilted trench coats and irregular knitwear layers. While remaining exuberantly luxurious and attaching great attention to details, these pieces by Siki Im are proposing a total deviation from the classical banker silhouette to create an accoutrement for the modern man.
