For the second season in a row, Frederik Berner Kühl opted for a presentation format as an alternative of a runway present—an apt selection for a designer whose work is concentrated on high quality, somewhat than creating buzzy moments. This time round, Berner Kühl was impressed by inhabited areas, and significantly the connection between our inside lives and our garments.
By the use of illustration, the designer introduced furnishings and ornamental objects from his and his accomplice’s personal condo—together with a Wegner airport chair and Egon Eiermann desk—to furnish Brigade Gallery (artworks adorning the partitions had been curated by Berner Kühl from the gallery’s assortment). A rotation of fashions slowly made their method by means of the constructed inside areas, making themselves at residence among the many furnishings (a lot so, it was at instances tough to inform the fashions other than trendy visitors).
The general impact was cozy: cotton-silk cardigans had been layered over sweaters, paired with brown corduroy that might have simply been discovered on a ’70s couch. Consistent with the theme, the designer labored with heavier materials this season, utilizing deadstock silk polyesters and wools—which could in any other case have been became curtains—for his tailor-made outerwear. Elsewhere, light-weight shirts had been designed to resemble pajamas that may be worn each inside and outdoors the house.
For Berner Kühl—who grew up with an interiors-obsessed mom—clothes needs to be assigned the identical worth because the objets d’artwork that so many people encompass ourselves with. “These are issues we actually cherish when used, after which we hold them for ages,” the designer defined. “Our clothes can be utilized for as lengthy a time, so it turns into a part of your private assortment—you truly begin gathering clothes such as you would gather objects.”