Natasha Zinko has joined a growing band of London designers who are slimming down their silhouettes this season, and leaving extreme volumes, and embellishment, in the dust.
Last season Zinko sent out platform sneakers, thigh-high boots and oversized cargo-motorcycle pants with hems big enough to sweep the floor.
For fall, that all changed as she turned her attention to Space Age dressing and the science fiction fantasies of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, the men behind the 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
Zinko dressed an imaginary team of off-duty astronauts and space station crew in a chic wardrobe of sheer white long johns, black catsuits, and flat-soled, knee-high boots, a departure from the XXL platform styles of days past.
Cutout minidresses nodded to the styles of André Courrèges and Pierre Cardin, as did a lineup of slim dresses and jackets with standing collars. For more relaxed moments in orbit, there was a cool pair of loosely-fitting white jeans with lacing at the back.
Inspired by voluminous space suits, Zinko made jackets out of patchworked denim and added big, rounded shoulders, while a cute black miniskirt was made from strips of puffer padding, in another nod to the astronaut’s garb.
It was a fun collection, and refreshing to see Zinko dial down her usual extreme proportions in the name of fashion exploration.
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