For Ottlinger, summer means “slippery” clothes, salty nights, hot thunder and high heels. “It’s an alliance of different worlds,” said Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient via Zoom from Berlin. “There’s a lot of goth and pink in town right now, and we thought it would be fun to give it an Ottolinger touch.”
Summer, their goth beach bashes turn existential, especially Yes the way the skull print is placed can sometimes look abstract when worn. Avatar-inspired silhouettes incorporate decomposable knitwear and thermal pants, as well as Spartacus on Mars boots from an ongoing successful collaboration with Puma. New this season, heels feature deconstructed asymmetric lace-ups.
What you don’t see here are the new solutions that designers have been experimenting with to keep their garments in the right mind as much as possible. . The ribbed knits are all organic, those printed mesh skull pieces are made from recycled polyester, and the paneled denim is made from new fabrics made from partially reused and recycled fibers. Especially the skirts, which can be adjusted according to how you want to look handsome or suitable for the office. The loop system on the shimmering puff skirt also creates long or short styling options.
“We understand the era, but we want to keep it fun,” the duo said. “It doesn’t help if you sit around thinking the world is falling apart, so we try to keep a sense of humor.”
