October 1, 2023 |
It’s been a busy weekend for Ottolinger designers Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient. The Berlin-based duo has just dropped another instalment to their ongoing collaboration with Puma, which included a giant, gift-wrapped Ottolinger monster truck plonked in the middle of Paris as part of its campaign. More pieces created with the sportswear titan appeared in their SS24 show, held in an old bank branch on Sunday afternoon. Amongst graffitied walls, models came dressed in Puma-branded trompe l’oeil bodysuits that appeared as if they’d been spray painted on. They mimicked cyborg bodies and pastiched men’s business suits, worn alongside deconstructed suit jackets and the cobwebby knits that have come to be the brand’s signature.
Bösch and Gadient have a knack for effortlessly welding together innovative design techniques with seriously shoppable garb. Be it flared jeans that looked as if they were made from an AI generated reptile skin, or a closing procession of wedding-inspired looks that could’ve easily dressed a sci-fi heroine as much as a cool bride-to-be. Top stuff.
Photography courtesy of Ottolinger.
