Iceberg opted for a touch-and-feel presentation in lieu of a runway show to give editors and retailers a chance to appreciate up close Federico Curradi’s knitwear. It turned out to be a good idea.
The designer gave two cues as to where he looked for inspiration: “a Japanese guy in Williamsburg” and “art after midnight” he said, as models posed like living statues in a Milanese palazzo. Those inspirations translated into bomber sleeves on a woolen coat with oversize pockets and accentuated seams; kimono-inspired knit coats loosely belted around the waist, and Mark Rothko-esque prints in blue, green, burgundy and blush pink.
Bouclé and jacquards were just a few of the techniques Curradi mixed on the knitted pieces. One shirt jacket was “brushed like crazy,” as he put it, for an intriguingly deconstructed surface, a foil to the quilted lining inside. Workwear-tinged bottoms, rolled up and wide-leg, finished off this spirited, cosmopolitan collection.