Acne Studios Women’s F/W22

March 15, 2022

One of the most alluring qualities of humanity is the will to rebuild— to recreate from the ground up. We continually persist, together, in even the most seemingly irrevocable of circumstances. As persistence is not only our innate mechanism of survival, but it is simultaneously a form of healing. Acne Studios honors the beauty of healing through reconstruction with their Women’s Fall/Winter 2022 Collection.

The collection illuminates the physical aspects of clothing — the rawness of unkempt hems, haphazard yet carefully executed patchwork, crude hook and eye closures — as a tangible and poignant reminder that fashion, like human nature, is regenerative. We are constantly building upon the old and this recreation allows new beginnings to flourish.

Text by Kayla Curtis-Evans
Photos Courtesy of Acne Studios

Rudimental materials, such as upcycled, hand-painted leather, silk crepe, and upholstery jacquard, are elevated to another level and new life is breathed into each through every runway look. Denim scraps are reshaped into functional totes and bustier ball gowns. Distressed knitwear is repaired and glitzed up with crystals, broaches, and belt buckles. A range of floor-length skirts, knotted jersey dresses, and exaggerated outerwear rounds out the collection.

“I was thinking about this idea of emotional patchworking,” says Jonny Johansson, creative director of Acne Studios, “When I was a kid, my journey into fashion started when I started cutting things up and putting them back together. This collection is about the act of putting things back together, and the beauty of repair. It is experimenting with the materials at the heart of Acne Studios.”

Take a look at the incredibly ornate runway and look detail photos below.

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