For FW22, Pierre-Louis Mascia titled his collection Ran — a word that translates to both “chaos” and “battle” in Japanese.
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Inspired by the Akira Kurosawa film of the same name, Pierre-Louis describes his own battle as “for the survival of beauty.”
Working in his chosen medium of brightly patterned silk and cashmere, he defines the wardrobe of the modern aestheticist.
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Pierre-Louis draws his motifs from a wealth of global inspiration: from the sleek bottle design of perfumer Serge Lutens and the futurist art deco paintings of Tamara de Lempicka to medieval Japanese samurai garb and traditional Navajo weavings.
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Despite their disparate patterns, the prints blend together in a rich harmony.
Tartan, florals, regimental stripes and antique woodcuts splash across his silks for a divinely maximal aesthetic that is unabashedly Pierre-Louis Mascia.