TURNCOATS / NOM*D WINTER 2010
We used to be good children. And then we grew up and we ran away.....
For Winter 2010, NOM*d presents... Turncoats, a journey from innocence to experience,
with a few lessons in non-conformity along the way.
They started out as paragons of virtue. Modest pinafores and sober suiting are
rendered in a God-fearing palette of black, khaki, and virginal white. Bibs and
aprons are key shapes for young pilgrims, with the military accents and reworked
tailoring that are the hallmarks of NOM*d.
But good children must grow up, and at the heart of Turncoats is the adolescent rite
of passage that leaves no little girl (or boy) unchanged.
Tie dyed velvet and brazen flashes of silver remind us that there's more to life than
hoping for Heaven. Worldly delights are referenced in accents of leather and velvet,
adding an unexpected sensuality to garments worked in wool jersey, sweatshirting
and flowing rayon.
The conflict between conformity and self expression is embodied in leather pieces
that literally cage the body, a witty play on the possibility of throwing off what shackles
may bind you.
The journey this season is towards self-knowledge, and just as knowledge transforms
us, so too vintage fabrics and traditional shirting are reworked into dresses
and tailoring as the old becomes the new.
This is a wardrobe for visionaries, brave enough to find their own path. Being yourself doesn't
necessarily mean being alone in
this world. Some of these children grow up, and make their way back home.
Their rites of passage enacted, in a blaze of blues and purples, the Turncoats take
their place in a confident new world.
