Nothing is kind of what it appears with the S/S 2025 collections, seeing designers riff on wardrobe staples with illusory tips – from trompe l’œil to twisted silhouettes and surprising fabrications. Whether or not the turned-up hemline of a leather-based Loewe overcoat – as if perpetually caught in a gust of wind – or a surreal Hodakova shoe, which squashes collectively a seashore flip-flop and high-heeled pump, these are items that seem as one factor, however are literally one other (a response, little question, to our more and more disorientating digital age). The impact is one thing like a surreal collage; clothes that implore a re-evaluation.
S/S 2025’s twisted wardrobe staples
Jacket, worth on request, by Loewe (enquire at loewe.com)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
As such, within the March 2025 Type Difficulty of Wallpaper* (on worldwide newsstands now), photographer Nicole Maria Winkler and Wallpaper* trend and artistic director Jason Hughes seize these appears in a surreal inside of their very own: a liminal house whereby Winkler’s archival images change into trompe l’oeil wall coverings, or adorn folding screens and chests of drawers. Inhabited by Swiss artist and mannequin Veronika Kunz, the area – which was imagined by set designer Kim Harding – is accomplished with modernist furnishings, from a Ron Arad mattress to an Afra and Tobia Scarpa Cassina couch.
‘Nicole and I’ve been pals for a few years and have performed with trompe-l’œil earlier than, and this story was an extra exploration of that theme,’ Harding informed Wallpaper*. ‘Delving into Nicole’s archive of nonetheless lifes, we created some fascinating stand-alone items to take a seat among the many set itself.’
High, £160 (out there from fredperry.com); belt, worth on request (enquire at craig-green.com), each by Craig Inexperienced. Pants, worth on request, by Loewe (enquire at loewe.com)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
High, £2,270; skirt, £3,570, each by Gucci (enquire at gucci.com). Footwear, worth on request, by Hodakova (enquire at hodakova.com)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
High, £2,270; skirt, £3,570, each by Gucci (enquire at gucci.com). Footwear, worth on request, by Hodakova (enquire at hodakova.com). Kashgai kilim, £1,050, by The Rug Firm (out there therugcompany.com). ‘Random 3C’ bookcase, £2,945, by Neuland Industriedesign, for MDF Italia, from Aram (out there aram.co.uk)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
Costume, £2,250, by Fendi (enquire at fendi.com). Footwear, worth on request, by Hodakova (enquire at hodakova.com). ‘Soriana’ couch, worth on request, by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, for Cassina (out there cassina.com)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
Costume, £3,095, by Tod’s (enquire at tods.com). Footwear, worth on request, by Hodakova (enquire at hodakova.com). ‘Gea’ aspect desk, £1,500 for pair, by Kazuhide Takahama, for Gavina, from Monument (out there monumentstore.co.uk). Kashgai kilim, £1,050, by The Rug Firm (out there therugcompany.com). ‘Random 3C’ bookcase, £2,945, by Neuland Industriedesign, for MDF Italia, from Aram (out there aram.co.uk)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
High, £360, by JW Anderson (out there from jwanderson.com). Skirt, £13,435; footwear, worth on request, each by Hodakova (enquire at hodakova.com). ‘Gea’ aspect desk, £1,500 for pair, by Kazuhide Takahama, for Gavina, from Monument (out there monumentstore.co.uk). Kashgai kilim, £1,050, by The Rug Firm (out there therugcompany.com). ‘Random 3C’ bookcase, £2,945, by Neuland Industriedesign, for MDF Italia, from Aram (out there aram.co.uk)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
Costume, worth on request, by Junya Watanabe (enquire at store.doverstreetmarket.com). Footwear, worth on request, by Hodakova (enquire at hodakova.com)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
Costume, £545, by Sportmax (out there from sportmax.com in longer size)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
Costume, worth on request, by Zits Studios (enquire at acnestudios.com). Footwear, worth on request, by Hodakova (enquire at hodakova.com). ‘Quaderna’ espresso desk, £2,972, by Superstudio, for Zanotta, from Aram (out there aram.co.uk). Kashgai kilim, £1,050, by The Rug Firm (out there therugcompany.com)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
Clockwise from prime, £1,175, by Stella McCartney (out there from net-a-porter.com); £2400, by Hodakova (out there from hodakova.com); £3,250, by Prada (out there from prada.com); £2,550, by Fendi (out there from fendi.com); worth on request, by Bottega Veneta (enquire at bottegaveneta.com); £4,215, by Ferragamo (enquire at ferragamo.com)
(Picture credit score: Images by Nicole Maria Winkler, trend by Jason Hughes)
Mannequin: Veronika Kunz at Kunz Administration. Casting: Ikki Casting at WSM. Set design: Kim Harding Studio. Hair: Sophie Jane Anderson. Make-up: Faye Bluff at Of Substance Company utilizing Make-up by Mario. Manicure: Sasha Goddard at Saint Luke utilizing Dior. Digi tech: Anna-Sophia John. Images assistant: Tom Porter. Set design assistants: Matilda Greenwood, Heather Allen. Trend assistants: Nathan Fox, Rebecca Evans-White. Manufacturing assistant: Archie Thomson.
A model of this text seems within the March 2025 situation of Wallpaper*, out there in print on worldwide newsstands, on the Wallpaper* app on Apple iOS, and to subscribers of Apple Information +. Subscribe to Wallpaper* at the moment.
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