The stated starting point for this collection was teenage guys and girls in and out of their uniforms—and such is the conceptual twisting and turning within the MM6 studio that the final looks barely signal this. Sure, there was an insignia M here and a vaguely ’50s prom dress there, but the stronger message could be described as complementary dualities. The best examples included a gray double-breasted suit nicely tailored in denim; wearable shirts and trousers spliced down the middle in white and blue, and two shades of khaki; and a robe in floral terrycloth. The backstory on this veritable bathrobe and similar boots, bags, and clothes is that they were made from towel deadstock, so no two pieces will be identical. Another bit of intel: The handwritten names floating between the flowers of a grayscale quilted fabric apparently represented members of the studio team. For a brand built on anonymity, this felt at once transgressive and generous.
In any case, this studio deserves credit for some solid springtime outerwear: In addition to a trench, once again in khaki two-tone, there was a swing coat whose green plaid could read preppy wife to some and grunge guitarist to others, and a shapely dress coat, this time in blue denim. But for some MM6 followers, the more shape-shifting, the better, and they will likely gravitate to the half-bustier top tacked to a plaid shirt, the blouses ringed in adjustable ruffles, and the skirts constructed from skirt linings. There was something a little different to this masculine-feminine dynamic than what you’ll find elsewhere; was it a push-pull or an embrace? The appeal of MM6 is that it remains so open-ended.
