London Fashion Week: Malan Breton A/W19

Malan Breton returned to the global stage that is London Fashion Week with his AW19 collection – A.D.

Coming from Taipei, Taiwan Malan Breton opened his first NYC retail store for men and women after completing his training at Turnball & Asser, and Scaasi. In 2017 he was the first fashion designer to be part of the cryptocurrency phenomenon by opening the first blockchain based online fashion retail store.

The brand is InStyle magazine’s number eight most tweeted fashion brand for 2017, is known as “The Internet’s Fave Designer” – Yahoo News, and is “One of New York City’s most celebrated designers of the past decade” – Amsterdam News.

Opening the doors to The House Of Malan Breton, step through into a nostalgic world of 1920s characters. Brush shoulders with their merlot tinted leather trenches in the smoking lounge, bask in the whiskey stained air in the speakeasy where sharp tailoring fills the room of oak games tables and see sweet secrets shared over periwinkle pleated pieces in the parlour

Breton revolutionises the silhouettes of the past and awakens them with the tricks of his trade. He takes on his own twist to the traditional trench with a megawatt metallic finish in gunmetal, contrasted with the soft piping of faux fur. Taiwanese embroidery techniques are deeply sewn and rooted into the seams as well his soul. Gowns intensely hand – sequined in rich reds and bold burgundies. Leather adorned in Swarovski crystals and Japanese fresh water dying are a few of the masterful techniques used to create the luxuries of this collection.

The metaphor of the snake lingers through the collection as a symbol of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing.

Malan said on his inspiration for the collection:

“What if we could know the stories of the mad man, the other side of life as told by victims, what if we could know the pain, the suffering, the loss and abandon that bring the antagonists to madness. What if in this exploration of psyche we learn that the evil, the unkind were once pure. What if we knew their joys, and could save them before their last moments. This season I try to tell a story of a Norma Desmond type character, before she loses her stability. Before she throws away her freedoms for unrequited love. Before the world knows her as a diva, a has been. A murderess.

What if After Death we see the hearts of those who society drove to madness, before their utter demise.
That is my vision this season for my AW 19 collection.”

Malan Breton’s AW19 collection is a blissful reminder of better days – and the promise of the return of luxury.