Natasha Zinko has joined a growing group of London designers who are slimming down their silhouettes this season and leaving behind volumes and extreme embellishments.
Last season, Zinko released platform sneakers, thigh-high boots, and oversized moto cargo pants with hems big enough to sweep the floor.
By fall, that all changed when he turned his attention to the space-age clothing and sci-fi 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 members in a stylish wardrobe of sheer white long johns, black catsuits, and flat-soled knee-high boots, a departure from the XXL platform styles of days gone by.
Cutout minidresses gave a nod to the styles of André Courrèges and Pierre Cardin, as did a line of bodycon dresses and turtleneck jackets. For more relaxed moments in orbit, there was a pair of baggy white jeans with laces in the back.
Inspired by voluminous spacesuits, Zinko made jackets from patchwork denim and added big, rounded shoulders, while a cute black miniskirt was made from strips of padding, in another nod to the astronaut's outfit.
It was a fun and refreshing collection to see Zinko reduce his usual extreme proportions in the name of fashion exploration.
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