SONGZIO SPRING SUMMER 2023 AT PARIS MEN'S FASHION WEEK

SONGZIO IS A KOREAN AVANT-GARDE FASHION HOUSE UNDER THE CREATIVE DIRECTION OF JAY SONGZIO. SONGZIO’S DESIGNS ORIGINATE FROM A SUBDUED DUALITY BETWEEN OPPOSING AESTHETICS AND PHILOSOPHIES: EASTERN YET WESTERN, BOHEMIAN YET ELEGANT, DARK YET COLORFUL, CLASSICAL YET FUTURISTIC ALL COEXISTING IN ORDER AND DISORDER. SINCE 1993, THE BRAND HAS GARNERED A CULT FOLLOWING FOR ITS ARTISTIC APPROACH TO FASHION WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORKS DRAWN BY THE DESIGNER, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ITS ARTISANAL CREATIONS FROM ITS ATELIERSATELIERS.

THE COLLECTION OF SONGZIO SPRING SUMMER 2023

SONGZIO’S 23 SPRING SUMMER COLLECTION CAPTURES THE “ECLIPSE” OF THE PERENNIAL AND THE EPHEMERAL. BY CONJOINING DUALITIES IN A SHARPLY BOLD YET DETAILED SUBTLETY, SONGZIO SEEKS TO CREATE AN ORDERLY DISORDER WITH A BRIGHT YET AN ENIGMATIC COLLECTION.

INSPIRED BY THE ORDERLY CHAOS PORTRAYED IN DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY, SONGZIO’S OWN DRAWINGS HIGHLIGHT THIS SEASON’S STORY. SONGZIO ENVISIONS THE BRAND’S PROTAGONIST, AN ARTISTIC MISANTHROPE OF STARK APPEARANCE YET OF SUBTLE SENSIBILITIES, TRAVELLING THROUGH THE SURREAL AND DAUNTING AFTER WORLD AS CHANTED IN THE MEDIEVAL POEM.

DESIGN OF SONGZIO SPRING SUMMER 2023

ASYMMETRY, DRAPING AND LAYERING ARE THE PRIMARY DESIGN FEATURES OF THIS ENIGMATIC AND TECHNICAL COLLECTION , APPLIED DELICATELY YET AGRESSIVELY TO CREATE A SENSE OF COEXISTING ORDER AND DISORDER.

MOST NOTABLY, NUMEROUS PIECES IN THIS COLLECTION ARE MADE IN TWO-PIECE, ONE SET. ASYMMETRICAL BLAZERS, CROPPED ON THE RIGHT AND JUST ON THE LEFT, CAN BE WORN WITH A LAYERED SPORTS VEST PIECE INSIDE AS ONE COMPLETE SET. TWO-PIECE CROP CUT SWEATSHIRTS ARE WORN WITH AN EMBROIDERED SLEEVELESS JERSEY INSIDE AS ONE FULL SET. DOUBLE LAYERED ZIP UP SHIRT IS ALSO LAYERED WITH A COLLARLESS ORGANZA SHIRT VEST. THROUGH TEHCNICAL METHODS OF LAYERING, SONGZIO BRINGS NEW ORDER TO AN OTHERWISE ASYMMETRICAL, HENCE ‘DISORDERLY’, COLLECTION.

THIS COLLECTION ALSO FEATURES VARIOUS TYPES OF BLAZERS AND JACKETS WITH ATTENTION TO COUTURE SENSITIBILITIES. ACCENTUATING THESE LAYERS ARE THE SHARPLY CUT SLITS THAT SUBTLY REVEAL THE INNER LAYER PIECE OR SKIN. THIS REPRESENTS THE IDEA OF THE MISANTHROPE’S INNER SENSIBILITY BEING SUBTLY REVEALED UNDER THE SHARP AND STARK ARMOR. THESE SHARP BLAZERS ARE WORN WITH BOLDLY AND ASYMMETRICALLY DRAPED SKIRT PANTS, DUAL COCOON TROUSERS AND SONGZIO’S SIGNATURE “GHOST” WIDE PANTS WITH ELONGATED BACK.

INFUSING THESE PIECES WITH A TOUCH OF THE EAST ARE SONGZIO’S UNIQUE “SQUARE CUT PATTERNS” ORIGINATING FROM THE BRAND’S ATTENTION TO ORIENTAL METHODS OF PATTERN MAKING, CREATING UNIQUE CURVES AND SILHOUETTE WITH STRAIGHT SHARP ANGLES.

THE ‘ECLIPESE’ COLLECTION ALSO FEATURES VARIOUS VERSIONS OF SONGZIO’S COCOON PARACHUTE JACKETS AND BOMBERS THAT FUSES EASTERN GARMENT’S PATTERN MAKING METHODS AND SILHOUETTE WITH WESTERN TECHNICAL DETAILING AND FABRICS.

FABRICS AND COLOR OF SONGZIO SPRING SUMMER 2023

IN INNERWEAR, SONGZIO’S SIGNATURE COCOON DOLMAN SHIRTS WITH VOLUMINOUS FOLDS AND DRAPES ARE PREVALENT THROUGH THE COLLECTION INFUSING A COUTURE TOUCH TO THE COLLECTION. TECHNICAL FABRICS AND SPORTY DETAILS ARE FUSED WITH ORIENTAL CLASSICAL METHODS TO CREATE A NEW SENSE OF SPORTS COUTURE. FURTHERMORE, SWEATSHIRTS, T SHIRTS AND OTHER INNERWEAR ARE HIGHLIGHTED BY STRIKING VISUALS OF SONGZIO’S ORIGINAL ARTWORKS.

EVERY SEASON, SONGZIO’S CREATIVE PROCESS BEGINS FROM CREATING A SERIES OF ARTWORKS THAT SERVE AS INSPIRATION FOR THE COLLECTION AND ALSO AS A CRITICAL PART OF MANY PIECES AS THEY ARE METICULOUSLY EMBROIDERED BY SONGZIO ATELIER’S IN HOUSE ARTISANS. THIS SEASON’S THREE MYTHICAL PEN DRAWINGS OF THE INFERNO AND NARCISSE, ENRICH THE COLLECTION WITH ARTISANAL TOUCH AND GRAPHIC/FUTURISTIC VISUALS. THIS COLLECTION FEATURES A VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUE OF COMBINING SILK SCREEN AND EMBROIDERY TO CREATE A VERY NEW GRADATION EFFECT.

FOR 23SS “ECLIPSE” COLLECTION, BEYOND THE HOUSE’S USUAL MONOCHROME PALETTE OF BLACK, GREY, AND WHITE, SONGZIO CHOSE A VERY FUTURISTIC YET ALSO A LATE 20TH CENTURY VIBE COLORS OF AQUA BLUE, PARAKEET GREEN, AND LIME YELLOW.

WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE COLLECTION FEATURES BIODEGRADABLE AND/OR RECYCLED ECOLOGICAL WASTE-FREE FABRICS FROM GABARDINE WOOL, COTTON TO POLYESTER, HABOTAI, LINEN.

FOR INTERESTING EFFECTS OF LAYERING AND DRAPING, THE FABRICS USED FOR OUTERWEAR HAVE A SOMEWHAT FUTURISTIC SHINE AND CRISP TOUCH COMING FROM THE TECHNICAL FIBER. FOR INNERWEAR, VARIOUS TYPES OF LIGHT AND TRANSPARENT HABOTAI, COTTONS, JERSEYS AND LINENS WERE APPLIED TOGETHER WITH THE PURPOSE OF CREATING SHARP DRAPES AND VOLUMINOUS SILHOUETTE.

ACCESSORIES OF SONGZIO SPRING SUMMER 2023

THIS SEASON’S SHOES ARE INSPIRED BY “GOMUSIN”, A TRADITIONAL KOREAN SHOES MOSTLY WORN IN THE 20TH CENTURY. REINTERPRETING GOMUSIN’S SILHOUETTE AND BUILDING ON TOP OF THIS ESPADRILLE-LIKE BASE, BOLD BOOTS, AND CANVAS SNEAKERS, SONGZIO CREATES A UNIQUE SERIES OF SHOES CONJOINING EASTERN AND WESTERN AESTHETICS.

THIS COLLECTION’S SHOULDER AND MINI BAGS ARE THE LATEST PIECES FROM SONGZIO’S “HAYWIRE” SERIES, WHEREBY MULTIPLE LEATHER WIRES ENTANGLE THE BAGS TO CREATE AN ORDERLY GRUNGE FEEL. IN ADDITION TO BAGS, THIS SEASON INTRODUCES THE HAYWIRE SERIES OF BOLD AND ANGULAR MULES AND SANDALS. UNLIKE ITS CHAOTIC NAME, THIS SERIES ARE DELICATELY MADE IN SONGZIO’S ATELIER WITH IN-HOUSE ARTISANS TO PRECISELY CRAFT THE LEATHER CORDS LINE BY LINE.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS COLLECTION IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE VERY UNIQUE, FUTURISTIC YET CLASSICAL HATS MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH BONA CAPELLO, AN ARTISAN HAT MAKER FROM TOKYO, JAPAN. TECHNICAL DOUBLE LAYERED HATS, ASYMMETRICALLY CRUSHED CROWNS AND DELICATELY BENT BRIMS ACCENTUATE THIS COLLECTION’S AESTHETICS AND AMPLIFY THE DRAMATIC AMBIANCE OF THE COLLECTION.