Dear Shaded viewers,
Reverie; there is no better way to summarise Caroline Hú’s FW25 collection than the name of her brand. One loses oneself in one’s thoughts, relaxes and refreshes one’s mind through their dreams, paying attention to the delightful details that need not be based on reality; this is what her collection was all about.
One enters the daydream, soundtracked by bird singsong, with exaggeratedly roughed up hair sticking out in all directions and newly imagined textures on their Adidas sneakers. Handmade flowers float across and under tulle, made of yarn that is left to hang loose like unfinished embroidery. Layers and layers, like the mattresses of the princess and the pea, stack up in voluminous dress silhouettes first in creamy cloud colours, then brighter blue tones and darker reds and pinks. As in her previous seasons, Hú’s textile colorations come from her oil paintings, a process she has developed that allows her to take full control of the gradings.
Hú interprets the comfort of a dreamscape in the balloon shaped silhouette of grand, voluminous dresses that resemble pouf duvets. These bold Kawakubo-coded shapes feel welcoming to a range of body sizes, seeing as they don’t take the form of the body whatsoever. Hú also explores new textures, and with them new movements, such as in a poncho style dress covered in blush pink ruffles and a sheer dress with a thick skirt created from thick feathers.
The handcrafted flowers are used throughout the collection, at the end of which, they are placed under layers of tulle in a white bridal finale, contributing to layers and dimension together with a ball gown crinoline and doily style lace.
Later,
Eliya
