cotton poplin and jersey, luxuriously trimmed with ... - Sabine Mescher

R e f l e c t i o n s
M y S u m m e r C o l l e c t i o n 2 0 1 1
It’s the double-meaning, the literal two-sidedness of it, that I like so
much about the word “reflections”. Bound up in it are both refractivity
and musings. And so it is in my new collection.
Musings on purity in fashion. In the colour, cut and fabric. As if all
long-winded narrative had melted away, wrapped up in lyrical rhythms
and metre, and yet – or perhaps therefore – hovering, free.
As if all things superfluous had evaporated into thin air, leaving behind
a profusion of ambiances, emotions, expression.
The colours: steely white and steely black. Light and shade.
Refracted grey, a smoky grey shot through with blue, reflecting the hue
of a midsummer sky.
These are the colours of urban femininity, with its characteristically
modern, confident airiness. Light grey stripes on white for summer haze;
dark grey stripes on black for sensual elegance.
The materials themselves – cotton poplin and jersey, luxuriously
trimmed with washed silk – bow to the same will for concentration.
The purity of this collection would not allow for more. All is in the
deliberately costly fabrics – which makes my principle of permanent
transformability less obtrusive. It blends discreetly into the overall
statement: button up, down, turn around, or inside out; here an extra
belt, there a fabric sash.
A collection which reflects on itself, inconspicuously, simply. So that it
mirrors not itself, but your personality.
Sabine Mescher