FTL Moda + FTL Moda Loving You Runway Show
By Gabriel Murphy-Goldberg
February 23, 2015
February 23, 2015
FTL Moda + FTL Moda Loving You Runway show was held on February 15, 2015 as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Lincoln Center. The show was a culmination of several designers which included: Hendrik Vermeulen, Rozelia Bot, Landi Accessories, and Anthony Urzi.
Hendrik Vermeulen is a designer with heavy Italian roots. His collection featured custom dyed Italian wool, printed silk materials, and brown leather. To offset the emphasis of brown leather, he used dyed ostrich feathers as well as other colorful elements. This collection as a whole gave the essence of a fantasy world rooted in nature.
Rozelia Bot is a Romanian designer who featured very fluid materials with modern twists. Her collection gave the ambiance of romance. The fluid materials mentioned included opalescent organza and chiffon's with delicately placed embroidered flowers. When these models walked, the fabric literally flowed around them like they had no sense of gravity. The movement was simply beautiful as if they were walking through water.
After Bot's show, the audience got a surprise view when the models came out with only white slash-splattered body paint and simple white bathing suit type clothing. This was a surprise twist, however a very smart move. This particular show was for Landi Accessories, and what better way to focus on the accessories than to make the models a blank canvas. The Landi Accessories show was filled with black and brown Italian leather, furs, exotic leather, and leather with made with intricate patterns.
The final designer to show was Anthony Urzi, who is famous for celebrity costumes and accessories. His show encompassed the very meaning of being bold, predatory, and fierce. The show began with two models dressed in robotic lingerie-esque outfits that stood guard while the other models hit the runway. The entire collection as a whole broke through the boundaries of fashion and gave the FTL MODA fashion show as a whole an unexpected turn of events. A series of helmet masks, gold with black leather palettes, and metal inclusive pieces ruled the runway. This show was a collection of true art and creativity.
At the closing of the show, FTL MODA LOVING YOU was performed. FTL MODA LOVING YOU is a part of the #MovingForward campaign, and was done in collaboration with Fondazione Vertical and Models of Diversity. Fondazione Vertical is an Italian foundation that supports finding a cure for spinal cord injuries and Models of Diversity is a modeling agency based in London that focuses on training and educating models-to-be on how to get past the strenuous talent selection rules of modeling. During the show, amputees, wheelchairs and forearm crutches had ascendancy over the runway. Models who were previously walking were also wheeling themselves down the runway in wheelchairs. Jack Eyers, a British personal trainer, was the first male amputee model to ever walk the runway at MBFW, and it was here at FTL MODA. The purpose of this section was to show that disability is a state of mind and nothing should hold you back from surpassing your potential
Hendrik Vermeulen is a designer with heavy Italian roots. His collection featured custom dyed Italian wool, printed silk materials, and brown leather. To offset the emphasis of brown leather, he used dyed ostrich feathers as well as other colorful elements. This collection as a whole gave the essence of a fantasy world rooted in nature.
Rozelia Bot is a Romanian designer who featured very fluid materials with modern twists. Her collection gave the ambiance of romance. The fluid materials mentioned included opalescent organza and chiffon's with delicately placed embroidered flowers. When these models walked, the fabric literally flowed around them like they had no sense of gravity. The movement was simply beautiful as if they were walking through water.
After Bot's show, the audience got a surprise view when the models came out with only white slash-splattered body paint and simple white bathing suit type clothing. This was a surprise twist, however a very smart move. This particular show was for Landi Accessories, and what better way to focus on the accessories than to make the models a blank canvas. The Landi Accessories show was filled with black and brown Italian leather, furs, exotic leather, and leather with made with intricate patterns.
The final designer to show was Anthony Urzi, who is famous for celebrity costumes and accessories. His show encompassed the very meaning of being bold, predatory, and fierce. The show began with two models dressed in robotic lingerie-esque outfits that stood guard while the other models hit the runway. The entire collection as a whole broke through the boundaries of fashion and gave the FTL MODA fashion show as a whole an unexpected turn of events. A series of helmet masks, gold with black leather palettes, and metal inclusive pieces ruled the runway. This show was a collection of true art and creativity.
At the closing of the show, FTL MODA LOVING YOU was performed. FTL MODA LOVING YOU is a part of the #MovingForward campaign, and was done in collaboration with Fondazione Vertical and Models of Diversity. Fondazione Vertical is an Italian foundation that supports finding a cure for spinal cord injuries and Models of Diversity is a modeling agency based in London that focuses on training and educating models-to-be on how to get past the strenuous talent selection rules of modeling. During the show, amputees, wheelchairs and forearm crutches had ascendancy over the runway. Models who were previously walking were also wheeling themselves down the runway in wheelchairs. Jack Eyers, a British personal trainer, was the first male amputee model to ever walk the runway at MBFW, and it was here at FTL MODA. The purpose of this section was to show that disability is a state of mind and nothing should hold you back from surpassing your potential