BLOOM - ALPHONSE MAITRE PIERRE A/W 2021 COLLECTION

BLOOM - ALPHONSE MAITRE PIERRE A/W 2021 COLLECTION Maitrepierre’s AW collection tells the story of spring in winter, «Bloom» is a flowering, a positive invitation to rethink the body by imagining new lines, delicate, opulent, soft, fun, sculptural «flower women». Alphonse Maitrepierre felt the need in the current context to speak of flowering, of life impulse, to be inspired by the female singers of the 50s that he listened to during quarantine, by the volumes of flowers that he saw through the window. Torn between the sometimes gloomy reality and a virtual life that allows to escape from home. The idea of blossoming and blooming is combined with a kind of maturity. A strange mix between whole afternoons wrapped up in his duvet, exploring artists’ archives during quarantines or simply walking in the open air that we cherish so much nowadays - Bloom is a manifesto. This AW21 collection uses Haute Couture codes, XXL volumes, which contrast with raw and incongruous materials totally upcycled: recycled fleeces, linen sheets and 100% virgin wool blankets, but also a seaweed-based silicone developed by a nautical laboratory in Amsterdam. This collection was made possible thanks to Le Relais, already a partner the previous season, which provided 100% of the raw materials: wool blankets and linen sheets. This season Alphonse Maitrepierre also unveils a collection of sunglasses created in collaboration with Emmanuelle Khanh. Discover all the looks on Crash.fr