A PROCLIVITY FOR THE NONSENSICAL

As a response to the pandemic, Jeremy Scott showcases a Moschino Spring/Summer ’21 collection that puts the construction of the garments centre stage—with puppets!

Pandemic times has upended life as we knew it. For Moschino’s creative director Jeremy Scott, it turned the industry inside-out—literally. The Spring Summer ’21 womenswear collection at Moschino breaks convention by bringing forth what’s typically in the background of the garments. Seams, corsetry boning and trims are revealed externally as the craft takes an inverse turn. Tulle under-skirts stretch beyond the hemlines, giving dresses unnervingly unconventional proportions and silhouettes.

As the settings of the clothing seem to go haywire, the colour palettesees familiar and innocent shades of softened golds, princess blues, pea greens and pretty pinks come into play. Plume motifs that make their intermittent appearances play as a throwback to the intimate Parisian days of salon shows.

The collection too was unveiled under unorthodox circumstances. Elegant marionettes crafted by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop virtually strut in clothes from the season’s release, shrunk to fit their more diminutive figures. Filmed in the backdrop of a classic, salonstyle fashion show, the marionettes are Moschino’s wink to the fact that new beginnings start small.

Jeremy Scott’s Moschino Spring Summer ’21 womenswear collection brings to light the hidden and unaddressed innerworkings of the fashion world. Reflecting on the events of prior years, Scott chose to reflect upon the phenomenon, and build from it a sartorial compilation that holds a mirror up to society.