“The concept is very easy,” said Angelo Van Mol. ”I thought about summer and good vibes and something that I can properly relate to as a person rather than a designer.” That this chilled outlook was not a pose was proven by Van Mol’s shrugged disclosure that around 50% of this Band of Outsiders collection was still in the possession of a courier company. What did make it to the presentation was all perfectly palatable poppy and preppy jazzed-up dad wear with a gently ironic sheen.
Amit Greenberg’s post-Haring landscapes of characters at a BBQ or sunbathing provided the pulsating prints that featured on shirting and shorts. There was some nice slouchy deconstructed tailoring in crispy khaki cotton. A zingy orange on blue stripe cardigan in knit cotton was worn inside out to show texture—other knits were strafed in nylon for texture and crunch. Square quilt gilets came in a worn gray synthetic, and finely observed denim coats and jeans in indigo had violent yellow topstitching. Van Mol’s thesis meant there was little to observe about this collection beyond the fact it was, as he said, positive vibe-wise and easy to imagine wearing once the weather gets warm next year.
