The Anne Sofie Madsen SS14 collection that recently debuted at Copenhagen Fashion Week plays up mostly black and white elements, emulating the lines and patterns of a graphic novel.
Although the collection takes cues from Japanese manga and animation, which can be quite sweet, the garments take on a tough aesthetic. The name of the collection is 'Post-Human Speed,' which embodies Transformer-like shapes that break up the body into robot-like segments and overly-accentuate some body parts like torsos and arms. One all-black garment has grille-like detailing like you'd find on a car.
The gorgeous collection captures the beauty of the animated style with the ferocity and power of a human-machine hybrid. Alike a graphic novel, these garments manage to capture all the dynamism of a graphic novel without at all being flat.
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Anime-inspired Fashion
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a line of apparel that combines anime aesthetics with edgy, tough design elements.
- Graphic Novel Fashion
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a collection that emulates the dynamic and dynamic storytelling found in graphic novels through clothing designs.
- Human-machine Hybrid Fashion
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design garments that incorporate robotic elements and accentuate body parts to create a futuristic and powerful aesthetic.
Sectors Adopting This
- Fashion Design
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore new ways to blend different artistic influences and create unique fashion collections.
- Anime and Manga
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Collaborate with fashion designers to bring anime and manga aesthetics to the forefront of the fashion industry.
- Comic Book and Graphic Novel Publishing
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Partner with fashion designers to create clothing lines inspired by popular comic book and graphic novel characters.
