This self-taught well-read designer challenges herself collection after collection to create something new, radical, absolutely fresh. In this way her “fashion” becomes a tool for the mind liberation, an unceasing questioning and pushing behind the faint boundary between art and fashion, an incessant game of tensions and research, of vibrations, references and provocations.

For the Spring-Summer 2014 Rei Kawakubo declares that the only way to make something different is to start with the intention to not design clothes. Actually on the catwalk moving sculptures, that not even meet anymore the logics of functionality, wearability and aesthetic harmony, succeed one another. The black colour leit-motif interrupted by shocking pink splashes, together with the brief musical themes, creates an uninterrupted tension bringing the spectator to ask himself: -what she could do more than this?-.

As a dodecaphonic musical language or a jazz piece with a sonority unpleasant at the first listening, these shapes are an invitation to the silence, an invitation to go past the well-known in order to open the mind and the spirit to new horizons and new perspectives. In other word, to grow up.

Discover the Spring/Summer 2014 collection on IVO MILAN!

The first arrivals (Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe, Vivienne Westwood, Yohji Yamamoto, for example) for the next spring/summer season are starting to appear in store,

in anticipation of a season that is yet to arrive, and in stark contrast with a winter, which (at least in Italy) never really began. However, despite the strange seasonal patterns, the calendar never lies, and the period – like it or not – speaks clearly: we are in the heart of the coldest time of the year…

A preamble, which as you can imagine, highlights how exciting it still is to discover winter coats, their new combinations and the not to be overlooked consideration that, in their exclusive uniqueness, they are now 30-40% cheaper… with great respect for the ideas they represent and of which they are an expression, we now show you our own synthetic interpretation…

Oyuna hand knit charcoal fluffy cashmere sleeveless jacket-turn-shoulder garment, round neck, yellow cashmere decorated pin closure, asymmetric hemline

Cauliflower-Issey Miyake charcoal grey melange creased t-shirt in polyester and wool jersey, wide round neck, long sleeves

Junya Watanabe wool knit pullover with heavy weight front and lighter back, wide shape with smaller and shorter back, crew neck, drop shoulder, batwing style armhole and fitted sleeves, openwork details at the center back, ribbed neck, cuffs and hem

Issey Miyake man style tailored black coat in extra fine wool and angora, straight shape, notched lapel with navy eleather under collar, single breast with one cowhide button fastening, navy eleather welt pockets, bar stripe coloured polyester lining

Issey Miyake navy stretch denim jeans with grid-like streets cityscape jacquard pattern, copper star detail marks Issey Miyake store, classic 5 pockets details, straight leg, comfortable fit

Haat silk ribbon and wool yarn woven stole, contrast tone jacquard detail with sides felted tassels and fringe on the short sides

Trippen black wedge lace up ankle boot, vegetable-tanned, aniline-dyed calf leather with suede surface and a brushed used look, voluminous inset in softer leather, rubber segmented sole

Cauliflower-Issey Miyake colorful set shopping bag style backpack in padded polyester blend, double handle, adjustable straps, three snap button closure, one inside pocket

Zucca duffle coat in navy wool, A-line, relaxed fit, wide pointed collar with button tab, concealed zip fastening, welt slanted pockets, long slightly A-line sleeves with long zip at cuffs, wide back with centre box pleats and button half belt, full lining

Zucca lemon pullover in knit stretch mohair blend, relaxed fit, ribbed v neck at front and back, long sleeves, ribbed cuffs and hem

Zucca asymmetric skirt pants with front wrap over shorter panel, crafted in patch of pleated and plain band of khaki cupro and cotton, grey melange wool jersey and blue royal cupro, elastic waistband, above knee length

Katrien Van Hecke oversize quilted bomber jacket in hand dye silk, dye realized with airbrush and natural colours come from spices and herbs, front zip fastening, stand collar, slanted welt pockets, elasticated cuffs and hem, silk satin lining, polyester padding

Oyuna coat in charcoal cashmere knit in diagonal pattern, relaxed fit, egg shape, chimney collar, blue buttons concealed fastening only top one exposed, one slanted pocket, drop shoulder, long sleeves, knee length

Trippen black wedge lace up ankle boot, vegetable-tanned, aniline-dyed calf leather with suede surface and a brushed used look, voluminous inset in softer leather, rubber segmented sole

Y’s Yohji Yamamoto cropped down jacket in polyester taffeta, wide shape, crater like neck, double breast with side snaps button fastening, welt pockets with zip, long sleeves with inner knit ribbed cuffs, drawstring hem, goose down and feather padding

Cauliflower-Issey Miyake khaki jacket in cauliflower crinkled effect heavyweight cotton and polyurethane, notched lapel, single-breasted button front, patch pockets, long sleeves, close fitting

Y’s Yohji Yamamoto wide khaki pants in cotton twill, garment dyed, waistband with belt loops, zip and button closure, curved slit pockets, drop crotch, back darts detail and two patch pockets, one with asymmetric button flap

Oyuna super fine cashmere shawl super fine shawl in cashmere spice red blending on orange, small fringe at the shorter edge

Trippen expresso wedge boot in vegetable-tanned calf leather treated with wax finish, wood wedge with para rubber sole, side zip fastening

and, grand final… our Marisa!

Issey Miyake pleated asymmetric dress in patterned weaving colors gradation inspired by afterglow tinted sky, shift from satin to matte surface polyester, bias cut at front and back with pleated cross, herringbone effect, boat neck, drop shoulder, shorter at one side

Johnbull biker style navy cotton sweat jacket with distressed details, fitted shape, off centre zip and snaps closure, chest pocket with flap and snap, side welt pockets, shoulder tabs, long sleeves with high ribbed cuffs, elbow patch

Trippen classic feminine shoe with a front cross string, press stud fastening at the ankle, in treated nubuck leather

and with

Daniela Gregis man style jacket in blue linen and wool, garment treated, straight shape, relaxed fit, lapel and black collar, single breasted, black cotton cuff links fastening, chest and sides flap pocket, long sleeves with cuff slit, double vent at rear, unlined