As expected, Acne Studios presented an original collection with some interesting point of views in their SS18 collection at Paris Fashion Week. Founder and Creative Director, Jonny Johansson explain that the vantage point of the collection is his own feeling of always feeling a bit apart from the system. “An outsider way of being”. 

This was manifested at the presentation by a translucent shower curtain surrounding the catwalk as the first models came down. Creating a feeling of being an outside observer looking in. 

The collection is a mix of colors, like out of a bowl of sugar pastel pastilles. A lot of details such as fringes, sparkly sequins, silky satins and starch treated jersey fabric gave the garments a lacquered finish. Every look had their own story and main theme.

Silhouettes were shifting from oversized suits and jackets to more slimmed crochet beach dresses, all with a conceptual vintage vibe. After the show, Jonny summed up the collection with the words “Thrift shop on acid”.  Spontaneous pieces mish-mashed for the fun of it. 

Altogether the collection breathes Miami Vice with a 70's silhouettes twist meets a Diner Girl in a Saturday Night Fever scene, all fused together in a somewhat cohesive look based on separates.