Stine Goya at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin a/w 2010
The freezing temperatures that prevailed during Berlin Fashion Week elicited an almost palpable longing for warmth and sunshine. Danish designer Stine Goya provided some summer feeling at least visually, showing her designs for spring and summer as a prelude to her forthcoming autumn/winter collection. This seasonal mix also rounded off the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin 2010.
Short jackets with flouncy trims, sculptural bodice-dresses and bloomer-legged playsuits embodied the spring/summer collection entitled „Le Chimere“. Sharp tailoring met playful details and splashes of black offset a palette of apricot, yellow and pink. Arty and dreamy prints alternated with monochrome one-pieces and separates. The standout message of this spring/summer collection 2010 is contrast. And individuality. Which other designer would send her models on to the runway in gloves embellished with just one bead, or knees highlighted with sequins?
Knees were decorated again for autumn and winter, this time with golden rivets. These are a recurring theme in the entire „La Ville Fantôme“ collection, sprinkled sparingly on many different hats and generously applied all over a long yellow cape. While arresting black and white Goya-style prints appeared on sleeveless, skin-tight catsuits with plaited appliqués and a laid-back jumpsuit, the rest of the collection was simple and refined: a high-necked, futuristic grey coat worn with a tight, floor-length skirt in burnt red; a brown biker jacket combined with ochre trousers and a brown polo neck jumper; a short-sleeved black silk top with black leather trousers and a veiled black hat.
Stine Goya drew inspiration for „La Ville Fantôme“ from Ansel Adams’ photography of Georgia O’Keefe’s portraits. This collection is a reflection of the emotions and moods that the work of these artists evokes.
Beauty. Drama. Colour. These three words sum up Stine Goya’s designs. The Danish-born designer creates clothes for bold urban beauties who appreciate fashion as a subtle means of self-expression. Clean tailoring, brilliant flashes of colour and abstract prints are the hallmark of this graduate of Central St. Martin’s. Reflecting a feel for that elusive somewhere between dream and reality, these creations are above all - individual!
(Alexandra Springer, fashion-journalist, for creative face Magazine)
