Kim Mesches’ wearable sculptures and casts are successfully morphing into an autonomous fashion collection.
The aqueous and frozen in time creations naturally infer siren imagery. With his third instalment, Kim’s story is charged with dystopian cinematographic references that draws a correlation between his signature work and the surrealist myth of sirens.
The collection playfully juxtaposes Kim’s penchant for cult dystopian science fiction films like Metropolis (Looks 8/9: retrofuturism), Brazil (Looks 4/5/6/7/11/13: eyeball, organic distortion, 80’s hue) and The Fifth Element (Looks 1/2/12: dystopian stage gown, uniform, breathing mask), with siren symbolisms (Looks 3/10/14/15: beautiful and dangerous, aquatic and organic, a revisited mermaid gown).
“I wanted it to feel like futuristic cyborg mermaids on a distant underwater planet.”
With Collection 003 for Spring/Summer 2023, Kim Mesches asserts his voice and visual language. The collection is whole – the sculptures become wearable on their own or marry exclusive garments – and his offering graduates from technical acrobatics to a mature collection.
Credits
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: KIM MESCHES
PHOTO TEAM: GRACE SCUITTO / SHAUN MENDIOLA
VIDEO: SARAI MARI
PHOTO + VIDEO ASSISTANT: LAYTON DAVIS
HAIR: MARK ALAN
MAKEUP: JACKIE FANARA
NAIL ARTIST: CHANTEL, TELLY TALONS
STYLIST ASSISTANT: QUINN TOMMY
Models:
VICTORIA MASSEY, ELITE MODELS
Z, NEXT MODELS
NICOLAS LEE SPANN