Slovak label Nehera, known for its minimalist intellectual approach to fashion, was feeling bolder this season. Evoking a playful sense of rebelliousness, the design team was inspired by the 1966 satirical movie “Daisies,” by Vera Chytilová, a key figure of the Czechoslovak New Wave movement alongside figures like Milos Forman.
In the movie, two girls rebel against society. “They felt everything was going bad, society was corrupted by power and money,” partner Ladislav Zdut explained. “They started to eat, drink and cut up everything around them…Around them it was a mess.”
To channel this feminine and irreverent vibe, he said, the brand’s studio team wanted to create an intentionally “messy” collection, with cutouts and ruching representing how the characters cut up their clothes and tied them back together again randomly, and nightwear references nodding to how they lounged around their apartment in the film, seemingly surrounded by chaos.
The color palette was largely delicate, faded even, in shades of cream with touches of pastel, accentuated by lightweight ribbed knits evoking lingerie. Pops of bright salmon pink and plum came respectively by way of a boxy linen double-breasted suit and a plum-colored full skirt.
Quotes from the film featured in abstract prints in pastel shades, done on a shiny Tencel slipdress with cutout panels and a matching shirt and pants that could all be layered together. In a brighter version on heavy cotton twill, with a jacket and wide bermuda shorts, the look was edgier and more streetwise. The same dress shape was reprised in a crinkled lightweight silver number, while cream ribbed velvet was printed with a delicate floral pattern on a nightwear-inspired design.
