In Der Berliner Mode Salon’s Kronprinzenpalais, VLADIMIR KARALEEV set up a presentation to display his latest spring/summer 2017 collection. Both male and female models wore interchangeable garments, perfectly constructed in their deconstruction of norms.
Bulgarian-born Vladimir Karaleev came to Berlin to study fashion design and ultimately found his eponymous label in 2010. Since then, he has been interested in studying the body and its relation to how we dress it. With avant-garde construction and silhouettes, the designer puts another take on fashion, proving it is not so different to art and architecture.
In order to make the body more at ease with summer weather, Karaleev researched into breathable and flowy fabrics. He used linen, known to be a spring/summer ideal material, as well as light silk for its soft and airy feel. Then, he either added dotted fabrics or incorporated holes in the garments, as seen on shoulders or armpits. The alternation of matt and see-through fabric evoked the contrast between skin and air – or what is looked for during this season.
Then, as Karaleev’s signature, deconstruction and architectural silhouettes ruled the presentation’s podiums. In the form of zips and drapes, or in the actual construction, the designer played with shapes and how to change the norms. A highlight was probably a dark blue and black dress, whose left sleeve consisted of half a sheer black shirt and that, instead of being worn on top of the dress, was actually part of the garment.
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Elongated silhouettes and deconstructed shapes defined Vladimir Karaleev’s collection, as they do his style. The designer presented a spring/summer 2017 collection full of lightness, and promised next season to be effortlessly meticulous, in the work he’s put in and in the actual style.
Der Beitrag VLADIMIR KARALEEV | Der Berliner Mode Salon S/S 2017 erschien zuerst auf SUPERIOR MAGAZINE.