Robert Geller's Berlin Post-Punks Take New York Fashion Week: Men's
Though designer Robert Geller has been lumped in with streetwear designers — "I was doing sweatpants for a long time," he explained backstage before the show — lately, he's made a concerted effort to break out of that box. His latest collection for Spring 2017, which showed at New York Fashion Week: Men's on Tuesday afternoon, injected that street sensibility with something a bit more "elevated." He pulled from his German roots for the collection, channeling the industrial Berlin music scene that emerged with the Neue Deutsche Welle — the German New Wave — in the late-'70s and early-'80s. This meant a graffiti-adorned glass set reminiscent of a derelict building, much like the post-punk youth might have squatted in during the period, jackets embellished with Polaroid photos, billowing bombers made of overdyed cupro, a technical fabric that mimics silk, and a merging of high (sharply tailored suiting) and low (workman-like matching shirts and pants). And, fitting with a show that called itself "Geniale Dilletanten" — Genius Dilettantes — as those Berlin post-punk youth named themselves, there was a bit of fun: leopard print and pom-poms, for good measure. Go behind the scenes of the show, here.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.
Photo by Driely Vieira.