For the Fall/Winter 2024 season, the SANDRO women design studio is reappropriating and revisiting the codes of the uniform. Bourgeois, formal or more institutional, the aesthetic archetypes are rethought and transformed to define a non-conformist uniform.
Contrary to the rigour of military uniforms, academic references and workwear details blend with officer codes. Jeans are worked in raw denim, and carpenter trousers are reinterpreted as feminine shorts. The pleated skirts and twisted knits of the college years are revisited, and tailoring is imagined in an oversized cargo version with multifunctional pockets on suits. Particular attention is paid to detail.
Borrowed from the wardrobe of the bourgeoisie, shades of camel, navy, and burgundy combine with the greys of 1990s offices in a minimalist spirit that underlines a refined, timeless aesthetic. The focus is on tailoring precision. Falsely worn leather pieces, such as an aviator jacket, testify to the design studio’s attachment to a certain idea of authenticity.
The season’s exploration of contrast is particularly focused on the masculine feminine. Embroideries in rhinestones or pearls add dynamism to wardrobe essentials. Crop volumes feminize the silhouette. The studio has also revisited some of SANDRO’s signatures: the MARINÈRE and FLAME jeans come in new variations.
Always mixing codes, SANDRO women make uniform classics their own with elegance and femininity. Through timeless pieces, they know how to emancipate themselves from their meaning to better express their singularity.
For Fall/Winter 2024, the SANDRO studio confronts materials together. A zipped shepherd’s vest in ecru shearling straight out of a sheepfold, a cognac leather overcoat, flared trousers and loose-fitting thermos-fused denim – the look is almost hippy, but sharp.
The collection features black, navy, brown, and grey tones that express the SANDRO look. There’s no extravagance, either in the cuts or the patterns, but a particular attention to the fluidity of materials and cuts, as evidenced by a range of warm wool suits and Italian cashmere or yak knit jumpers.
Meanwhile, the SANDRO man does not settle for so-called “essential” pieces, but suggests an attitude. A way of wearing and combining. Impromptu, almost improvised, and simple.
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