KOMONO & The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp collaborate on a dope collection
For the third year in a row, KOMONO is proud to renew its partnership with the fashion department of the RoyalAcademy of Fine Arts Antwerp. KOMONO worked together with ve master students in the creation of a pair ofsunglasses linked to the students’ personal work. The result is an outspoken collection that bolsters the fresh vision of tomorrow’s top designers.
This capsule collection is part of a new project, KOMONO NEXT, a continuous experiment exploring the boundaries of fashion accessories and a platform for some of the world’s most creative talents.
KOMONO x Julie Kegels
Julie Kegels found her main inspiration in The Dinner Party, an installation artwork by Judy Chicago from 1979 in which she sets a gigantic triangular table for 39 strong women. Her collection brings together the concept of dressing up for a dinner party with the idea of this kind of mythical or world-famous woman. The glasses itself are referencing lace blindfolds.
KOMONO x Luca Holzinger
An ode to his grandmother who broke free from a restrictive relationship, Luca Holzinger brings an allegory of asecretary who passes by a river and cannot resist to go for a swim. When she returns to her o ce, all her clothesare wet and messed up, yet she feels more beautiful than ever. For the eyewear Luca played around with lycra fabric, commonly used in swimwear, which he draped around an archetypical cat eye frame. He also added a transparent colorway which feels like liquid water, again referencing this story.
KOMONO x Kaya Gayoung
Kaya Gayoung Lee sought inspiration in semiotics and symbolism. She wanted to research love as an universallanguage and how verbal expressions of a ection can be translated into garments and eyewear. Both the movie ‘The Color of Pomegranates’ and the photography of Viviane Sassen played a big in uence in her work. For theeyewear, she played with shadows and spiky, angular shapes that reference arrows.
KOMONO x Mohammed el Marnissi
The collection of Mohammed el Marnissi references an Arabian myth about two con icted lovers who built alabyrinth to keep their relationship a secret. This comes to life in glasses which have a double layer as if there were two frames placed upon each other. Combined with a brownish color palette and graphics inspired by the paintings of Verner Panton, the glasses feel distinctively 60s and reveal a love story in the making.
KOMONO x Ingmar Patton Plusczyk
Ingmar Patton Plusczyk honors Marchesa Louisa Casati, a wealthy and extravagant aristocrat who suddenly lostall of her wealth and ed to London where she could be found scrambling through trash, trying to nd items todecorate herself with. In his collection, Ingmar combines the very luxurious with the idea of something very cheap, the trash bag. His collection reinforces the idea that self-expression comes from within and has little to do with accumulated wealth.
The collection will be made available, starting from June 21st, through KOMONO.com, the KOMONO Antwerp store and selected retailers for a suggested retail price of 199 euros.
