Come For Breakfast, will you?
Creating cutting-edge fashion in Germany isn’t really a dog’s life. I mean, look at the competition – what does Germany fashion industry really has to offer besides Birkenstock? That’s why Berlin has turned to a Mecca for aspiring talents and young designers. Trying to pull off the same number in Italy, however, is a pretty tough job. Besides all odds and relying on their talent and hard work, those two boys have made it in the cut-throat market of Italian fashion. I’d like to introduce you to Antonio Romano and Francesco Alagna from COMEFORBREAKFSAT. The label was created back in 2009 and has been endorsed by Vogue Italia. And that’s just for starters.
For this spring-summer season COMEFORBREAKFAST draws inspiration from the natural shock of a forest in flames, in a fairly alienated and alienating dimension of a suffocating, dissolved and sun-burnt August. Such a destabilizing vision, aimed at exploring the phobias and fears of the new millennium –already triggered off in the previous collections- can be immediately perceived in the colour palette, showing a scale of cold and still greys mixed together with silver and burnt yellow. The graphics, which have always represented the characterizing element in C4B’s stylistic research, are highly imaginative projections of the tree barks damaged by flames; all-over motifs, going from light grey to anthracite, de-compose and re-compose burnt textures in digital and three-dimensional prints.
The dynamic textures like jersey and fleece are worked with the burette technique to produce a combed, irregular and super-soft effect. Natural and extremely light materials, like bio-linen and silk, are introduced to comply with the new models and fits of the male total look. In a definitive and coherent selection of materials, the steel fibre stands out, with its stretch touch and semi-transparent look, as an exclusive metal accent repeated in buttons and industrial macro-zips.
Silhouettes show an apparent formal cleanness and essence. The matching of tracksuits, bomber jackets and linen blazers with oversize sweaters and T-shirts breaks the balance of volumes, while the continuous superimpositions of different cuts and lengths suggest a styling code poised between classic and cutting-edge.
Iconic is the double-breasted trench coat in silk, structured with high lapels and de-structured with the typical seams of T-shirts in a wise game of loosened stitches, thus conveying an easy-to-wear look to the shoulderpiece par excellence of British tradition.
The trench coat is worn over soft and loose convex-shaped trousers, alternated with models re-interpreting the classic fit with pleats, made less formal through the use of fleece and shortened like jogging shorts; otherwise it is worn on high-waist leggings extended over the ankles, matched with long and slim-fitting tank-tops and three-button-collar knit sweaters.
Blazers, waistcoats and shirts are trimmed with contrast stitches; bomber jackets are detailed with elastic bands on cuffs and bottoms; knit sweaters, in very fine cotton yarn, are animated by large weaves with a net effect, which, next to the grey dominating the collection, show pink-brown and intense yellow tones.
If Antonio and Francesco are reading this, and I’m sure they are, they better ship me at least one of those amazing tops or shorts or combos. I promise to walk them on the red carpet at summer Fashion Week Berlin. Just sayin.
