Even with my generously supplied, Vogue-arranged credits from Uber it would have been physically impossible to interview Jonny Johansson as per his desired one-one-one (read, slow) basis after this Acne show and make the next one seven kilometers away—until Uber starts running drone-dispatched human deliveries. So instead it was a case of please email the logic of this collection. When that email arrived, it kind of made sense of a mish-mash that included a mix of the attractive (especially the woven, fringed red pieces) and the meh (quite a bit).
Acne is an amazing brand that has done a lot, but Johansson should have reconsidered details as basic as his location and presentation. The collection was indulgently shown (read, slow—only Bode was slower). That said, it was deeply thought through, and related to the idea of filtering applied by photographers on their lenses to massage the conditions of light. This was reflected in the transparency of many pieces. The most interesting filters were provided by those garments woven in scarlet with fringing—they were basically quite attractive—but the overall ambition of the collection was not always fulfilled through its execution.
