This is Coperni’s first pre-fall collection, a sign that Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant’s label is growing nicely. Meyer, the collection’s designer, cuts a sharp jacket; he likes a slim, aerodynamic silhouette that nods at Andre Courrèges by way of Nicolas Ghesquière. As the pandemic has loosened up our ways of dressing, Coperni’s fabrics and shapes are softening too. Meyer chose bottle green velvet for one jacket; another was cut asymmetrically and oversized enough that a hoodie could be comfortably worn underneath it. The combo looked like something that model Audrey Marnay could walk off set in and resume her everyday life.
Beyond the tailoring, Meyer and Vaillant are expanding their knits. The side-buttoning shrugs are likely to inhibit easy movement, but clingy ribbed sweaters with cutouts at the shoulders served up the right blend of fashion and wearability. As ever, their accessories are on point. Knee-high boots with A-line shafts complemented the trapeze shifts they were paired with, and they’ve introduced a funny arrow bag whose graphic shape appears to be lifted from Apple’s cursor icon.
