Base Mark (Q3840)
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Base Mark is a fashion house from FMD.
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Base Mark |
Base Mark is a fashion house from FMD. |
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Base Mark’s number one signature is a labyrinthine approach to layering. It’s not the classic button-down-under-a-sweater-vest-under-a-blazer variety, but instead an almost frenzied approach in which the many components of an outfit are all tangled together.The spring 2023 collection was inspired by the way that wide-angle lenses distort the subject of a given photograph. Designer Shiho Kaneki applied these variations literally to clothing: collars and pants are warped and stretched. This proportion play allows for scarves or extra shirts to poke through playfully.Distressed clothing was key as well. Some of the pants were mostly cut away, leaving just the outline of the garment and allowing other elements of the outfit to peek through. A more wearable iteration of this were a pair of khaki trousers with an extra-wide waist and slashes down the leg.Each outfit is a kind of knot the wearer gets to twist up and the viewer gets to unwind. One of the final outfits seemed to cheekily acknowledge this idea: the top was a tangle of Base Mark branded ribbon, worn with cobalt blue, slashed arm warmers.
5 September 2022
One look in Shiho Kaneki’s latest collection sums up the season’s spirit: a green fuzzy coat over a navy short suit over khaki-colored pants with a neon-green stripe over a ripped knit of some kind. Most of the outfits involve several days’ worth of clothes, layered over each other in a mishmash of color and texture. This is Kaneki’s interpretation of Surrealism, his main inspiration for the season. “I was not influenced by any particular painting, but created the collection as if I were practicing Surrealism myself,” he explained over email.Shades of rust, cobalt, and bright green lend the collection an acidic, fervent feel. What appears to be a shirt or a sweater are actually conjoined pieces, so it’s hard to tell exactly what you’re looking at. I wonder if what I saw in that compellingly complex green, camel, and navy look is actually a coat, pants, a sweater, and a suit, or some Frankenstein-ian emulsion of all four. “Base Mark’s signature has always been layering, a new approach to styling basic items,” Kaneki said, adding, “by connecting two pieces at the collar, knitwear and sweatshirts can be layered, reversed, rolled up, rolled down, or tied for infinite styling expressions to suit your mood.” This fashion is not for the faint of heart; it’s for the artists.
25 March 2022