Benjamin Benmoyal RTW Fall 2023
Benjamin Benmoyal may be moving away from the cassette fabrics he started with, but support unusual continued to shape its textiles into a collection dominated by oversized colorful checks. It's gotten sportier this season, turning its chunky woven fabrics into oversized hoodies and cardigans with chunky rope-tie details for men and women.
The designer's main inspiration for becoming asexual, he said, was that he was frustrated at not being able to wear his own designs. He noted that in Morocco, where his family hails from and has long been an inspiration for his collections, androgynous wear is the norm, not a trend. Kaftans have always been part of her line, constructed from rectangles of fabric to reduce waste.
Printed floral silks, as in a handkerchief sleeve blouse, were designed to blend with the tweeds, woven from dead yarn in a factory in Saint-Etienne. Elsewhere, fringed jackets and striped pants picked up familiar house signatures.
New this season was headgear - baseball caps and chapkas - matching the guard - colorful dress. Benmoyal said the move was in line with retailers' demand for more accessible parts.
It was all the more relevant, he said, given the impact inflation on all levels of activity in recent years. months, putting pressure on the margins of young designers, who have less power to raise their prices accordingly than the big luxury houses.
Between the design and production of this collection, he says, the price of fabric weaving has increased by a third. "If this continues, I may have to take the production overseas, which I'm really hesitant to do," he said.
Benjamin Benmoyal may be moving away from the cassette fabrics he started with, but support unusual continued to shape its textiles into a collection dominated by oversized colorful checks. It's gotten sportier this season, turning its chunky woven fabrics into oversized hoodies and cardigans with chunky rope-tie details for men and women.
The designer's main inspiration for becoming asexual, he said, was that he was frustrated at not being able to wear his own designs. He noted that in Morocco, where his family hails from and has long been an inspiration for his collections, androgynous wear is the norm, not a trend. Kaftans have always been part of her line, constructed from rectangles of fabric to reduce waste.
Printed floral silks, as in a handkerchief sleeve blouse, were designed to blend with the tweeds, woven from dead yarn in a factory in Saint-Etienne. Elsewhere, fringed jackets and striped pants picked up familiar house signatures.
New this season was headgear - baseball caps and chapkas - matching the guard - colorful dress. Benmoyal said the move was in line with retailers' demand for more accessible parts.
It was all the more relevant, he said, given the impact inflation on all levels of activity in recent years. months, putting pressure on the margins of young designers, who have less power to raise their prices accordingly than the big luxury houses.
Between the design and production of this collection, he says, the price of fabric weaving has increased by a third. "If this continues, I may have to take the production overseas, which I'm really hesitant to do," he said.
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