David Koma is touching grass and reconnecting with nature.
“Even though I don’t really feature nature that much in my work, but personally, it’s the most recharging and inspiring environment to be in,” said the Georgian-born designer.
He studied the organic and architectural shapes of plants such as the striking Brazilian bromeliads; Mexican cactus dahlias and South Africa’s bird-of-paradise.
Koma’s dresses in bright shades of pink, green and blue with plenty of strings and petal detailing were shot in a forest he continuously visited during the pandemic.
The collection felt like a concatenation of events: the 1972 Rothschild Surrealist Ball, a psychedelic trip and a party of UFOs landing in an empty forest.
The lineup included an acid green dress made up of tassels that resembled the string of a leaf; white leaves formed out of sheer fabric that wrapped around the body like ivy, and a long black dress with a window of skin tied together by a metallic black belt in the shape of a sepal.
“I wanted to create this really strong and sharp collection that can be equally powerful and dangerous, but very serene and beautiful at the same time. There is always this tension between hard and soft in my work, which inspired the color palette and its exotic element,” Koma said.
