Excerpt: Y/PROJECT. SPRING 2023
"Glenn Martens deconstruction styles have continued to hold the line, since he took the reigns of Y/Project in 2013. Having learnt his craft from the famous Antwerp design school, the Belgium fashion designer has shown in an intrinsic and original manner, his unique stylizations of the avant-garde, keeping in step with his reworking of feminine and masculine looks, whilst fusing the sexes together. However, as noted with most of Martens unisex runway shows, it has always been the fluidity of the feminine that shines through with this collections.
Undoubtable the trends emerging for 2022 and going into 2023, are the dystopic, gothic and avant-garde styles that have been gracing the runways after the 2020 pandemic, which would make sense as a reflection of the very tumultuous times that we're all living in, despite what might seem to be post COVID-19 world, we could be in the era of virial outbreaks in lieu of climate change and deforestation. And fashion has always been that visual medium in its portrayal of societal trends, whether negative or positive, the aesthetics remain the same as both an escapism and desire to be accepted, yet it is the rebel and individual who have always risen through the turmoil...
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(A.Glass 2022)
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