Faith Connexion is setting out for new horizons. “I feel like it’s a movement,” said its founder Maria Buccellati before the show, referring to the brand’s “collective” mentality. “We’re speaking a new language.” Or at least trying a new tack. Typically, Faith Connexion is for a crowd that saunters forth in sequins from dusk till dawn. Come spring, it will have more options for daytime.
“I wanted to make a shift and explore new territories with optimism, confidence, and joie de vivre,” creative director Nikola Vasari ventured backstage before the show. “To me the collection’s like an invitation to travel through time, through the Années Folles and the ’70s, which were both eras of freedom and innovation.”
Day-to-nightclub options included boxy ecru-and-gold tweed jackets with statement buttons, sequined dresses that a superheroine from The Boys might envy, and a “balloon jodhpurs” spin on the brand’s popular fatigues. There were also military trenches and camouflage in khaki and terra-cotta, offset by a shower of sunset-hued sequins on tulle, a mirror-finish technical parka, liquid mesh tank tops, and chunky belts. They weren’t innovative per se—short, tight, and sheer are Faith Connexion’s baseline, after all—but they hit all the right chords for the in crowd. The anchor-shaped chokers by the fledgling Chinese collective ACE added a little extra sparkle.
On the eco-responsible front, Davide De Vivo and Matteo Paloni of the Neapolitan label Never Too Much Basic are on board to upcycle denim sourced from factories near its home base, for example, in a tailored patchwork jacket and overalls. “No one talks about it, but there’s a lot of fashion around Naples,” the duo remarked. “That gives us a lot of opportunity to help make fashion get better. It can be done.”
