Richard Quinn's fetish romance for Pre Fall 2021

The curtain opens offering us the image of sensual female figures posing disguised as Catwoman. Tight-fitting latex suits move or rather crawl to the notes of Donna Summer’s I feel Love, transporting us to the red-light nightlife of London’s Soho district. Following dancers dressed up in theatrical dresses start a ballet show inside what appears to be a large box. A kind of living music box.

We then find ourselves in a workshop with seamstresses, sprinkled with eccentric floral patterns, intent on sewing. Mannequins that come to life during the night, begin to embellish a lost Cinderella, ready to take part in a sumptuous masked ball.

Entirely printed sets, sudden twists and a hundred people with bizarre disguises, are all the elements that unite staging. What are we talking about? Of the new film produced by Richard Quinn for Pre Fall 21. After a long moment of silence, there were those who thought he was missing. But the truth is, he had only holed up somewhere to plan and process his hilarious return.

On the other hand, we are probably talking about the most acclaimed British designer ever by the media. Emblem of an absolutist fashion, which does not play on the intermediate, which does not look to the occasion. And this is quite evident, who would wear a tight latex jumpsuit under a flower-printed duchess duster to go to the supermarket or the post office? Nobody, I think.

And it is precisely in this that his creativity consists and lies, in not paying attention to the occasion but playing on opposites. There is gimmick in his creations, theatricality and poetry but also a certain amount that makes him appear over the top. Just watch this video, fetish meets romance. Even the history of fashion, which has always had its roots in sumptuous stage costumes, knows how to coexist with the more sportswear sphere.

Heavily embroidered dresses, precious stones and sequins, important volumes, architectural constructions and sinuous draperies, patterns flooded with flowers and animal prints … an explosion of details and details that manages to give life to what we could almost define “a trashy fairytale. “. As reported by the official social profile … #quinnisback.

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Irene Larussa

Irene è diplomata in fashion styling presso l'Istituto Marangoni. Di origini calabresi, vive attualmente a Milano. E' alla costante ricerca di stimoli nuovi da cui trarre ispirazione per alimentare le sue più grandi passioni: styling, grafica e scrittura. Il suo sogno è infatti lavorare nella redazione di un fashion magazine.