Qouc Thang SS11 ‘The past moment’

On screen we watched, right under the name of the designer, a shield with two crossed axes. I associated it immediately with the Middleages, knights, castles and noble women.
Could I be more wrong? When a woodlike scent fills the space and do I hear birds whistling? The super males who are walking on the catwalk are revealing a little more of this mystery…
Thang refers with his central theme to ”The male image of a woodworker’ . Tough materials like wool, leather and linen but also polyesters and nylon are well represented in his SS11 collection.
The special details like extra folds along the shoulders, leather linings on the trousers and tops and slide buttons are instantly being noticed on the garments. The jacket takes the leading part this evening, especially the parka appears in many different forms.
My personal favorite is the sleeveless nylon parka with a huge hood and the formalized woodworkers coat. The collection never bores because of the extraordinary colorpalet of bordeaux, grey and blue with red and orange as a coloraccent, on the contrary, it surprises! The modern man may use this ‘axe’ more often!

pictures: Lotte van den Acker/Fesjon.com

picture right below: Peter Stigter

Quoc Thang launched his new collection: Ieder Einder 2 at the Amsterdam International Fashion Week catwalk yesterday.

Ieder Einder 2 is a sequel from Thang’s first collection (Ieder Einder, July, 2009). The men’s collection excist out of 25 clothingpieces and is inspired by skipper workgear from the end of the 19th century. The costumes from the filming of Dickens’ roman Oliver Twist were also a big inspiration for Thang. References to the skippers’ workgear are found in the tunicshirts and overcoats. The Oliver Twist touch returns in the black woollen trousers, the rough jacket and the handknitted vest.

The sober colours (grey, beige, black) connect perfectly with the story-telling character of the collection, just like the materials. Rough wools and baby-corduroy are combined with cotton and coarse knitwear.

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