Han Kjøbenhavn RTW Fall 2023

Jannik Wikkelsø Davidsen's dystopian couture will make "Burning Hells" even cooler.

No pun here. The underground designer has embraced the fashion gamification craze in his own way, unveiling a collaboration with Diablo IV, the yet-to-be-released fourth installment in Blizzard Entertainment's role-playing game saga about the struggle between good and evil. .

The designer asked his guests to camp on the outskirts of town and wait about a hour before we saw action inside the fog-filled, red-lit room as the models, perched on high heels, slowly walked down the runway.

Rather than bringing newness to his fashion lexicon, he perfected it in conciseness and craftsmanship. Except for a few experimental and unrealistic dresses – one with a floating rubber sculpture instead of a bodice – here were square-shouldered vegan leather boleros and blazers paired with skin-tight pants; mermaid dresses with round bustiers, immaculate coats with graphic and razor-sharp silhouettes; second-skin fishnet dresses and glamorous turtleneck leotards embroidered with crystals with the Diablo logo.

In line with video game characters, they could be imagined as sci-fi and brutalist equipment of real life with a few practical tweaks - say cropped long sleeves, sheared bulky trails.