A sense of calm and rootedness emanates from Nehera’s resort imagery. Design-wise the collection brings together the masculine and the feminine, sturdiness and fragility. The idea, said creative director Ladislav Zdút, was to create “the impression of the creative, urban working woman seeking peace in nature.” Driving the point home, the lookbook was photographed in the Botanical Gardens in Bratislava, though not to flowery effect. Instead there’s a rustic feeling that’s derived from references to Slavic tradition that are updated for city folk. The straight pants, for example, mean business, while a pink linen suit takes tailoring in a soft and relaxed direction.
Some of the simple, straight-lined cuts resonate with those on view in the “Kimono Style” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Contrasting with that geometry is the poetry found in the round fullness of melon shaped sleeves. Romance comes into the picture in the form of asymmetric pleated top and skirt in white cotton shirting, and watercolor like prints of yellow and green on an ivory ground.
