Daniel Palillo: Men´s A/W 2014 -The Trip-
Autumn/winter
2014 marks the launch of Daniel Palillo men’s collection. It is an epic
journey to the other, darker side of the label—and although distinct
from the women's collection, it's faithful to the same unisex feel that
has been characteristic to the label since the beginning. Whichever, the
destination is literally out of this world.
The
Trip draws on tourist merchandise, the kind one finds at global market
places where city t-shirts and holiday hats meet tribal esthetics or
spiritual imagery and where bongs are piled up on top of oriental
fabrics. Similarly, in Palillo’s collection, one can choose their
patches and change them, too (everything connects with Velcro).
The
collection channels views from the designer’s leisurely strolls around
his home city of Helsinki, where he has been wearing a bathrobe in
public to get into a liminal mode, or tuned into a metropolitan vibe by
traveling back and forth on the city’s one and only metro line. Like a
method actor, Palillo aspires to complete emotional identification with
his designs.
Another
way to travel the Daniel Palillo universe is taking a trip inside one’s
mind. It is all about blurring the boundaries between fiction and
non-fiction, or seeing and experiencing many parallel realities in one.
