Collaboration / Events / Fashion house - 6/5/19
With a series of disruptive events that clashed the rules with the defiant edge of the arts, 8 Moncler Palm Angels brought its unique vision of cultivated entropy to Moncler stores around the world. The collection launch on June 6th is an evolution of the ‘Art Breaking’ theme first presented at the Moncler Genius event in Milan last February, where the designer Francesco Ragazzi revealed his new collection in an impeccable gallery style room, then subverted it by covering the works with paint. The designer of 8 Moncler Palm Angels doesn’t act simply. He prefers to finesse his own brand of cultural provocation and developed this ‘Art Breaking’ theme in several cities around the world in the run up to the launch of the 8 Moncler Palm Angels collection. Three days prior to the official launch at - Moncler stores worldwide, Francesco Ragazzi sent his conceptual tour to London, New York and Milan, bringing an art showcase that reflected Palm Angels’ spirit by covering event spaces and store-fronts with the sharp colors that define the new collection. “I started with the idea of a vandalized art gallery. The purity of the lines and form that are in a second moment clashed with a protest. Moncler for me is about the simplicity of a product that comes to life in many forms. I wanted to have the form broken”, affirms Francesco Ragazzi.
8 –MONCLER PALM ANGELS COLLECTION
Francesco Ragazzi is a provocateur. He mixed the purity of Moncler with something darker, whilst keeping the function of the garments. The result is fearless urban silhouettes charged with a protest, almost punk spirit. The look is striking: volumes are big and assertive, while laminated surfaces, either pristine or worn out, make for an eye-catching effect. Working around the clash of rarefied art gallery atmosphere and abrasive urban environment attitude, Ragazzi took inspiration from the candy wrapper metallic shades and trashed them. He used metallic nylon for the classic duvet, which was blown up to humongous proportions, and for very loose, very long rave trousers. He played with collages to create all over patterns splashed onto puffers and graffiti-sprayed Palm Angels on t-shirts and sleeveless duvets, playing with the idea of artistic, vandalistic appropriation. The slogan of the season is Mind Control, while punky & spiky studs are featured as decorations. Zippers are placed on the front as well as the back of outerwear, allowing for multiple uses. Varsity jackets, stripy jumpers, hooded sweatshirts and long scarves enrich the narrative. The Moncler logo swarms in colorful ways all over accessories.
8 –MONCLER PALM ANGELS COLLECTION
Francesco Ragazzi is a provocateur. He mixed the purity of Moncler with something darker, whilst keeping the function of the garments. The result is fearless urban silhouettes charged with a protest, almost punk spirit. The look is striking: volumes are big and assertive, while laminated surfaces, either pristine or worn out, make for an eye-catching effect. Working around the clash of rarefied art gallery atmosphere and abrasive urban environment attitude, Ragazzi took inspiration from the candy wrapper metallic shades and trashed them. He used metallic nylon for the classic duvet, which was blown up to humongous proportions, and for very loose, very long rave trousers. He played with collages to create all over patterns splashed onto puffers and graffiti-sprayed Palm Angels on t-shirts and sleeveless duvets, playing with the idea of artistic, vandalistic appropriation. The slogan of the season is Mind Control, while punky & spiky studs are featured as decorations. Zippers are placed on the front as well as the back of outerwear, allowing for multiple uses. Varsity jackets, stripy jumpers, hooded sweatshirts and long scarves enrich the narrative. The Moncler logo swarms in colorful ways all over accessories.
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