Moschino stages a Space Odyssey for AW22.
Jeremy Scott has immersed himself into the Space Odyssey, and beyond. Staging his show on Thursday in Milan, Scott brought on deep references from the Hollywood cult classic 2001: Space Odyssey – a film all about adventure and exploration into the deep unknown. In a classic Jeremy Scott way, the collection was much bigger than the reference, it brought on a sense of historical opulence, mirroring a thirst for modern renaissance after an extremely difficult two years throughout a worldwide pandemic.
Driving Franco Moschino’s larger-than-life DNA of the brand, the American designer had thought through what exactly is associated with opulence – revisiting Moschino classics such as the two piece suit, reimagined in black and white, with old school water faucets attached as buttons and a shower head mirroring a belt, or the Little Black Dress, seen on Bella Hadid, through a keyhole neckline. All had to do with the classic sense of opulence, with gold fresco embellishments and campy reiterations like dinnerware, placed as a motif on dinner jackets, classic camp Moschino energy indeed.
As models donning tassel lamp shades as hats and vintage clock tower dresses walked onto the recreated Stanley Kubrick runway, their behaviour further transported us into a retro salon representation, with elegance and opulence within every step, stopping in front of the audience to take it all in.
Escapism was the name of the game for this season, as Jeremy Scott explored the unknown definitions of opulence, what it all means within the context of subversion, reminding us of the glorious soul of the arts and holding a skewed mirror onto society that is shifted inwards, transporting us into an idealistic scenario that made us stop and immerse, even only for just a few minutes.
