With the notion of isolation and what it does to a human being as the main theme, Luke Meier’s approach for fall was highly conceptual but ultimately translated into a practical set of clothing – not necessarily the kind you would expect to wear in the sweltering heat of a desert island, but the type of trans-seasonal, multipurpose dressing that is a necessity these days. “How can we make clothing as a shelter,” Meier asked himself in the process, which gave way to an inspiring play on shape, volume and texture. Cue a smooth trench that was cut from just one piece of cloth, sporting extra-soft shoulders. An oversize poncho came with naïve contrast stitching on the sides and rippled coating to enhance performance, while a zipped shirt-jacket — patched together from scraps of fabrics in contrasting shades of blue — accentuated the collection’s DYI character. “The idea was: ‘Here is what you got — how will you make the ultimate survival kit out of it,” Meier said. If this was a kit, it was deluxe. A run of pleated plaid carrot pants in a sharp twill fabric with matching overcoats was too precious to waste on a desert island.