Taking Flight: Brood’s Inventive Spring 2012 Collection
“I like the idea of a girl being able to adjust her garment depending on how she feels,” says Brood designer Serkan Sarier, now in his third season. This is why in his spring collection, the German-born, Turkish-Bosnian designer created a number of eye-catching, draped tops constructed from twisted seams, sliding toggles, and zippers, which can be gently manipulated into multiple off-shoulder, on-shoulder, covered-up, or peek-a-boo possibilities—but aren’t quite as complicated as they sound.
An image of eccentric cluster balloonist John Ninomiya captured floating over the West Coast while harnessed to a bundle of silver helium-filled Mylar balloons, gave Sarier inspiration for the utilitarian pieces. “I’m interested in merging couture techniques with athleticism,” says the designer who, after graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 2001, went on to work for Emanuel Ungaro, Haider Ackermann, and Olivier Theyskens at Nina Ricci. While the color palette, in an unexpected combination of blush, tangerine, and violet, reflects quite literally the idea of blurred spectral hues on water, the use of silk taffeta is a purposeful nod to his couture roots, but treated with a far more modern sensibility. “You can just throw these pieces on before jumping into a cab,” he says of the transformative tops which hit Barneys on February 1. “It’s not precious.”
An image of eccentric cluster balloonist John Ninomiya captured floating over the West Coast while harnessed to a bundle of silver helium-filled Mylar balloons, gave Sarier inspiration for the utilitarian pieces. “I’m interested in merging couture techniques with athleticism,” says the designer who, after graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 2001, went on to work for Emanuel Ungaro, Haider Ackermann, and Olivier Theyskens at Nina Ricci. While the color palette, in an unexpected combination of blush, tangerine, and violet, reflects quite literally the idea of blurred spectral hues on water, the use of silk taffeta is a purposeful nod to his couture roots, but treated with a far more modern sensibility. “You can just throw these pieces on before jumping into a cab,” he says of the transformative tops which hit Barneys on February 1. “It’s not precious.”
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