EXCERPT: CHRISTOPHER KANE. PRE-FALL 2023

"...the other sweet spot of hedonistic overture was the 80's, as a new counter culture began in earnest that being 'punk' as a necessary backlash of the hangover that was 60's hippies and the emergence of disco.   And it was these aesthetics of punk, in its modernist twist and rebellion against, ironically modernism, that so much has to be owed to the recently passed away dame of punk Vivienne Westwood.  Who showed how to develop the mix and match of stylizations, that incorporated bondage, latex and straps onto formal wear; to be the quintessential visual protest against both the hippie styles and a new found work ethic i.e the conservative looking 80's yuppie.

And it appears that Kane has moved into that said period with his 2023 Pre-Fall collection reflecting his futurist take on the 1980's, ala its charm of dystopian science fiction of forty years ago and its interpretation of the coming decades ahead.  And they may have gotten that right.  As the old and new evolve out of a broken city, becoming infused into its retrofitted neon ambiance.   Our current society ain't no utopia.  

There is less of a sexual imprint with his latest collection, although the sentiment is  there, the lookbook styles are more akin to the 1982 cult movie Blade Runner.   So, why not enjoy a cocktail in that future city that is of the now, in the bar at the end of the world. 

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Full review: https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/01/christopher-kane-pre-fall-2023.html

(A.Glass 2023)