Barbara I Gongini-Nordic designer

[kiddokiddo]

A Nordic company founded in 2001, originally was part of an organization of ten independent designers, now has separated and started showing since 2006 ...It seems like a relatively newcomer to me since I could only find images from their FW07 collection...I love the clothes I see a bit of Lutz in it

rendezvousparis

 

[kiddokiddo]

 

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[gius]

love this idea of straps hanging and draping over places and the asymmetrical and incomplete cuts.. texture contrasts... reminds me also of Yohji
and how the way it lays on the body, you get some sculpture.. it sometimes has to hang away from the body

thanks for introducing them here, kiddokiddo!! would love to hear more about them
is it just one woman?

 

[kiddokiddo]

^^I found some info about the brand, it's bearing the name of the designer, Barbara Gongini (FIY: she reminds me of Tori Amos ) . There is more info in the rendezvousparis.com website and her own barbaraigongini.dk

You're right, gius, I love the Japanese sensibility in her designs
Her older collections I'm absolutely in love with the knots and the sensuality

barbaraigongini.dk

 

[kiddokiddo]

Her "Transform" project in 2006 - focused on knitwear of various materials from wool to paper and plastic

barbaraigongini.dk

 

[kiddokiddo]

There are more images of older collections on her website, so I'll just post some hightlights

2005

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2004

2003

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2002

Barbaraigongini.dk

 

[gius]

Thanks for the info and new pictures!
I'd give you karma if I had any left

It's neat to see her design evolution
Definitely a lot more decorated and flowy in her first collections;
and now they've refined and simplified/flattened...
I think her idea of lines/strips over the body is the part that stays consistent till present times --it would be neat to see her incorporate colour into her work, maybe make it stand out from the rest of the popular black/neutral palette of many other designers

 

[Gypsy_Doll]

i love how the dresses hang off like drapes. not bad! thanks

 

[kiddokiddo]

New SS08 collection...very underwhelming

barbaraigongini.dk

 

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all credit: barbaraigongini.dk