Moncler 5 Craig Green. Fall 2020 Ready-to-Wear - Milan Fashion Week.

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With Remo Ruffini's Moncler hitting new highs with its theatrical presentations, more so the Fall 2020 'Genius' collection at Milan Fashion Week, offering a spread from 8 to 12 designs (please refer to my overview of its concept via this link).  The exposé was, from reports, an intensified experience of light, image, sound and extravagance in promoting the sixty three year old French 'outdoor' street style brand. For me personally, covering the Moncler Genius collections over the last few seasons, the UK designer Craig Green stands out as the most innovative and structurally interesting of the designers exhibiting their styles for this year's Fall 2020 concepts. 

I've always seen Green's conceptualized ideas as a ritualized stylization, particularly with his own signature collections, but when collaborating with Moncler, he has embraced the brand's concept of layering and outdoor protective styles.  As a cultist imprint of insulation from the natural construct, an outwear that protects the human being underneath.  But, Green as a men's designer, has also allowed his desire to experiment with the adventurous frontier and exploration aspect to the designs on offer.  An array of styles that reflect an alternate reality whilst being aware of the one we all have to endure.  A survival based attire, in being detached from the world, whilst also knowing one is apart of its changing environment; a humanist order of disciples that meditate on the chaos of reality.  

Symmetrically adored shapes, with the first part of the lookbook set within an imprinted black and white ceremonial attire.  The contrasts are striking and defined, which, as blueprinted by Green, is a process of folding and developing the styles so that they become pyramidal its structure, the second half of his collection is akin to a liferaft suiting array.  This is Green very cleverly setting a tone, without the obvious sentiment that is the global climate changing at a dramatic rate. Although its context must be made clear, even through degrees of ambiguity, that on a whole, particularly with Moncler's grandiose concert like setting for their Fall 2020 presentation.  It would not have been carbon neutral.  Maybe it is time to do away with the catch phrase sensibilities, as it only enriches the hypocrisy.  What will be will be, to adjust and survive without the protest songs would hold more validity.