Libertine-Libertine’s 2011 Fall/Winter Inseam Loobook  Fashion’s existentialist darling, Copenhagen’s Libertine-Libertine recently released their 2011 Fall/Winter Inseam Lookbook. It’s an impressive collection of tailored winter fabrics and rich color against a backdrop of blue walls and black skin. Black skin is featured pretty prominently actually. It serves as an integral feature of the entire lookbook. Libertine-Libertine built a collection of outfits composed of color combinations traditionally known to complement black skin. To go along with it, they installed a blue backdrop to supplement the nicely photographed dark-skinned model hired to sport the looks. The result is pretty beautiful. An impressively composed collection of textures and colors all meant to play off one another.Why Libertine-Libertine chose the route of creating a collection finely composed to complement skin of a certain tone is uncertain. Whether their existentialist sympathizing has anything to do with it is pending as well. (Though Liam Gaws may have some insight on the topic).Fashion used to be filled with a certain hesitation towards accommodating models of color, but in 2011 only the most exclusive European fashion houses reserve this view. But what does it say about fashion that in 2011 it’s possible for an existentialist fashion brand to market a lookbook revolving around the idea of dark skin? I’m not sure. That’s why I’m asking.Each Libertine-Libertine look features cutout details of the particular look. Each detail aims at combining skin and fabric in a way that forms an holistic union. It’s a pretty brilliant lookbook in my opinion. Aside from the smart approach to a lookbook, the actual clothes are stylishly, practical, wearable outfits, and the lookbook is nicely shot.On Libertine-Libertine’s site are blown-up versions of the looks plus extras. Here massive details of black skin donning quality fabrics are featured in all their glory. Libertine-Libertine has created avant-garde lookbooks in the past, so it’s not necessarily surprising that they recently dropped this collection. What the entire collection mounts up to is an impressive display of fashion and racial commentary; another piece in the steadily growing modern cultural conversation.
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Libertine-Libertine’s 2011 Fall/Winter Inseam Loobook

 
Fashion’s existentialist darling, Copenhagen’s Libertine-Libertine recently released their 2011 Fall/Winter Inseam Lookbook. It’s an impressive collection of tailored winter fabrics and rich color against a backdrop of blue walls and black skin. Black skin is featured pretty prominently actually. It serves as an integral feature of the entire lookbook.
 

Libertine-Libertine built a collection of outfits composed of color combinations traditionally known to complement black skin. To go along with it, they installed a blue backdrop to supplement the nicely photographed dark-skinned model hired to sport the looks. The result is pretty beautiful. An impressively composed collection of textures and colors all meant to play off one another.

Why Libertine-Libertine chose the route of creating a collection finely composed to complement skin of a certain tone is uncertain. Whether their existentialist sympathizing has anything to do with it is pending as well. (Though Liam Gaws may have some insight on the topic).

Fashion used to be filled with a certain hesitation towards accommodating models of color, but in 2011 only the most exclusive European fashion houses reserve this view. But what does it say about fashion that in 2011 it’s possible for an existentialist fashion brand to market a lookbook revolving around the idea of dark skin? I’m not sure. That’s why I’m asking.

Each Libertine-Libertine look features cutout details of the particular look. Each detail aims at combining skin and fabric in a way that forms an holistic union. It’s a pretty brilliant lookbook in my opinion. Aside from the smart approach to a lookbook, the actual clothes are stylishly, practical, wearable outfits, and the lookbook is nicely shot.


On Libertine-Libertine’s site are blown-up versions of the looks plus extras. Here massive details of black skin donning quality fabrics are featured in all their glory. Libertine-Libertine has created avant-garde lookbooks in the past, so it’s not necessarily surprising that they recently dropped this collection. What the entire collection mounts up to is an impressive display of fashion and racial commentary; another piece in the steadily growing modern cultural conversation.


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