Aitor Throup shows New Object Research fashion collection on life-size puppets
Fashion designer Aitor Throup has presented a set of prototype garments on giant marionettes instead of models during this season's London Collections: Men (+ slideshow).
Throup's New Object Research project made its catwalk debut yesterday at the Holy Trinity Church, also known as One Marylebone.
The collection was created after a year and a half of work that built on the Argentina-born, London-based designer's initial set of four outfits titled New Object Research, which debuted in January 2013.
At the entrance to the church, four casts of Throup's body wearing these garments were laid on top of each other in a pile.
The installation was named The Resting of the Past, and was created as a memorial to the previous designs.
"This piece represents the acceptance of the now," said Throup. "Through defacing my own work by covering it in ghost-like white paint, I am disregarding its current surface value whilst allowing it to peacefully rest."
To present the latest garments, Throup worked with puppet designer and engineer James Perowne on a performance piece titled The Rite of Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter.
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The show was split into three scenes. In the first, a white box placed in the centre of the catwalk was hoisted to the ceiling to reveal a pile of fabric and sticks underneath.
Masked figures dressed all in white began to agitate the poles, causing...
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