Excerpt: Natasha Zinko Spring 2025 - London Fashion Week.

"...Zinko's PLASTIC collection, holds more of an endearing desire for that medical fetish which, as a sexual fetish, has stood the test of time.   To erotise the intrusiveness of medical procedures, in which the late UK writer J.G. Ballad of his own 'Ballardian' fame decreed that doom, violence, death and yes, various medical processes all hold an eroticism, manifested solely by the human condition.  That, in times of stress appear to become more pronounced.  And we are all bearing witness to an extraordinary unstable and stressful world. 

So are we dormant in our fetishes?  Probably, and it's probably better to admit it, than suppress the urges, otherwise in its detriment, it will descend into the taboo.  Yet, Zinko's collection with its plastic wrapped, surgical experiments, is of her own dystopian inclination.  That somewhat works, noting her oversized, yet tailored and fitted cuts, which are exceptional.  However, the indulgent eccentricness that Zinko delivers from her runway shows can be tiring for an audience, and repetition of any artist is a notorious destroyer of creativity.  So far, the London based Ukrainian designer has been able to balance on that fine line."

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Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/09/natasha-zinko-spring-2025-london.html  

(A.Glass 2024)