The deep sea continues to offer many things at once, from refuge and escapism to new resources and how to grapple with an uncertain future.
Romantic imagery and story combined with more ecological concerns Alexander McQueen’s spring / summer 2010 spring / summer runway collection was named Plato’s Atlantis before his death in February 2010. Named after the fictional sunken island of the Greek philosopher that shows a revelation. a myth about climate change, in which melting ice caps cause sea levels to rise. McQueen’s designs show an evolution of adaptation: disguised as bizarre human-animal hybrids gradually transforming into creatures that might exist in the future with shimmering gills and scales. . More than a decade later, McQueen’s heralded fears became familiar on the catwalk amidst the imaginary seas and deeper worries. 
Most recently, Rixo and 16Arlington’s spring-summer 2021 collection is mermaid-inspired and offers clamshell clutches suitable for any citizen wishing to protect the sea. This image also appeared at Burberry’s spring / summer 2021 show with a color palette of loose blue shirts, flap coats, shiny rubber boots and thigh-high boots, while more text is found in the presence of the grid. But the video introducing the suit has even more ominous connotations, the scene of models walking through a forest accompanied by groups of men in suits and dark glasses, their silent presence, perhaps. is hints about approaching sharks. 
Darker notions of the sea often stem from fear. Some of these fears are immediate – panic at what cannot be seen, potential dangers lurking beneath the waves – while others pull us back to the question of future. hybrid of the sea. A suitable designer to interrogate these fears is Marine Serre. Pay special attention to the potential for environmental destruction, the French designer’s approach is both practical and foresight. Her aesthetic abilities hint at a futuristic world in which clothing can behave more like armor, while her process relies on coarse fabrics, traceable materials, and unexpected objects. These usually include spoils from the ocean, Serre accessories including shells, imitation pearls, and aluminum drink cans like debris washed into the shore. Can fashion’s relationship with the ocean inspire the cleaning industry its actions? More and more designers are using textiles made from plastic bottles recovered from the ocean. No one knows exactly how polluted our seas are, but one estimate from 2015 suggests that the oceans have accumulated more than 150 million tons of plastic – a figure that is forecast to triple by 2040 minus when taking drastic action. Since its inception in 2017, men’s clothing brand Botter has made the marine environment one of its core concerns. The Dutch duo’s fall / winter 2021 performance comes with a warning statement saying “no seas, no people, no us.” The long, loose seams of the collection Complemented with fishing clothing trim, diving suit neck and ocean plastic windbreaker It wasn’t just a question of fashion solutions, but Botter also announced that they were on the set. an underwater coral nursery on Curaçao, an island in the Caribbean. 
Even high fashion is participating and it certainly has fallen into the hands of the constantly innovating Iris van Herpen to take the lead. Following last year’s collection Sensory Seas, which explores the boundaries between marine organisms and the human nervous system, Van Herpen’s recent high-fashion show borrowed from the ocean in a Another way: the Dutch manufacturer teamed up with the Parley for the Oceans anti-pollution campaign on a fabric upholstered dress made of recycled plastic. As Herpen puts it “there aren’t many reasons for not using sustainable materials anymore, other than changing your mindset.” 
Right now, the sea offers some contradictory options for designers. It offers mythical and thrilling tales, buried treasures and biological beauties. It can be a place of freedom and imagination, perhaps welcome right now. But it also captures our destructive power, as well as our opportunity for renewal. This more optimized, more future-focused lineup is likely to expand, especially if Matty Bovan’s fall-winter 2021 collection is coming soon. The avant-garde designer described the sea as “frightening and astonishing” in an imaginary presentation of the chaotic aftermath of a shipwreck – evoking astonishing images of natural disaster. Like the ocean itself, immutable and perverted, the present ocean’s presence in fashion continues to bring about many things at once: refuge, escapism, resource potential, chaos. latent rhythm and how to grapple with an uncertain future.
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