JW Anderson Spring 2024 Ready-To-Wear

JW Anderson Spring 2024 Ready-To-Wear

By: Elena Ossoski 

To the untrained eye, JW Anderson’s designs can often seem unrelated to real life. On the contrary, Anderson’s exaggerated proportions and use of primary palettes simply reimagine the silhouettes of everyday life. In the spring 2024 collection, Anderson took to the streets for inspiration from the local youth. 

Cargo pants, hoodies, and slip-ons do not exist in the confines of a skate park’s bowl. Street-style culture has been a prominent element of modern culture for a while, so instead of making another piece to hang on the rack at Kith, Anderson turned this excessively casual part of today’s zeitgeist into moving art. 

Anderson’s creativity is apparent. In all of his collections, Anderson always integrates the fundamentals of sculpture. Although the dimensions may look obscure at first glance, they become increasingly admirable when the pieces are viewed as soft sculptures rather than a sensible addition to one’s wardrobe. 

Anderson’s designs celebrate an individual’s right to creative expression. Similar to how they were inspired by the everyday civilian, these tangible works of art can inspire us in our own modes of self-expression today, in the upcoming spring and summer seasons, and beyond.

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Images belong to Filippo Fior / gorunway.com.