How Christopher Kane Turns the Ordinary Extraordinary Inline
Photo: Marcus Tondo / GoRunway.com1/6Spring 2013
How else to secure lace to chiffon than with a little electrical tape? Kane’s Spring 2013 collectsion reimagined the household staple as an unexpected detail on dresses and separates. The idea has since become something of a brand signature, reappearing in more recent collectsions in electric hues.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com2/6Spring 2016
Zip ties secured skirts and ponytails at Kane’s Spring 2016 showing. They were later stocked at the brand’s London store.
Photo: Marcio Madeira3/6Spring 2007
From day one, plastic buckles have been a Kane signature. At his first collectsion they belted his electric-hued bandage dresses. Today, they appear as clasps on his bags and sneakers.
Photo: Marcus Tondo / GoRunway.com4/6Spring 2013
A cocktail frock that’s waterproof? Leave it to Kane to transform shower caps into a flirty piece of eveningwear.
Photo: Gianni Pucci / Indigitalimages.com5/6Spring 2015
Nobuyoshi Araki’s bondage photography inspired Kane to take up ropes and cords as materials while he was a student at Central Saint Martins. After the death of beloved professor Louise Wilson, Kane began working with the material again in her memory.
Photo: Alessandro Viero / GoRunway.com6/6Fall 2011
Gel-filled plastic might not be extraordinary, but it certainly is strange. For his Fall 2011 collectsion, Kane used the stuff on collars and pockets, turning dresses into living science experiments.
