By ION on Aug 7, 2009 in FASHION
Complexgeometries
August. What does this mean? Heat. Boiling hot weather that seams to never end. It may be absolutely gorgeous outside, but the downside is we all have to resort to the basic cotton t-shirt and shorts. If you try accessorizing with something that will remotely add to the heat of the summer, you’ll be sweating bullets within minutes. So, the question is, how do you look super stylish and still survive this summer heat? The answer is Complexgeometries.
This brand has synthesized the comfort of cotton and is rebelling against the classic design principles. Complexgeometries takes simple staple items and turns them upside down. Based out of Montreal, designer Clayton Evens created the line in 2006. Clayton grew up in a very small town in northern Canada and relocated to Calgary to study Fine Arts. He realized that his true creative passion was in clothing design, rather than fine arts. Using streetwear as a starting point, Clayton gives it a new spin.
More than just additional trendy items for your closet, Complexgeometries offers a completely different look and feel on basics with results that won’t go out of style in the next 10 minutes. While the look of the line is unique, every aesthetic choice is very much a conceptual one. Clayton looks at clothing as more than a piece of art that he has designed, but a method of communication that will impact the people that wear and see it.
Now the question is, what about fall? Complexgeometries Autumn/Winter 09 collection, entitled “…between good and evil,” is full of oversized beauties, with the colouring full of hazy hues of pink and purple, along with lots of black and white. The designer’s vision was to examine the conflict and co-existence of moral ideals and the grey area that exists between right and wrong. Some pieces in the line are designed without a clear front or back, so they are wearable either way. The collection also features large collars, oversized scarves, leggings and even capes!
Complexgeometries is sold in select stores around the globe including Barney’s New York, Browns London, Henrik Vibskov Copenhagen, Roborn Montreal and many more. Clayton and his growing team of staff, are all looking ahead to a new era of mixing high fashion and functional basics.
Words: Daniel John Hardy
Model: Asha at Ford
Photography: Geoffrey Knott
