LỰU ĐẠN‘s FW25 assortment bears a blunt, but thought-provoking title: YOU DON’T BELONG HERE. The 2021-born label based by Vietnamese-American designer Hung La not solely introduces one of many designer’s strongest collections to this point but additionally, delivers a honest people-powered message.
The lookbook shared on Instagram fastidiously describes a employee’s unseen toil, stating “Within the dim glow of the store, he works with out pause, with out thought and hesitation. Religion and guilt had been carved out of him way back and discarded with the offal. He strikes by the motions like a ritual, a silent worship to one thing unseen.”
This nameless employee — first embodied by Errolson Hugh of ACRONYM, is dressed head-to-toe in black, sporting a latex hoodie, leather-based gloves, a rubber-like apron and dishevelled denim. Elsewhere he sports activities stable black base layers beneath a silver apron made from steel mesh — evoking a knight’s armor within the form of blue-collar workwear.
The re-examination reveals photographer Peter Ash Lee dressed like a dapper vigilante, sporting a gaiter-balaclava hybrid and a washed denim two-piece swimsuit. Recalling the “Zoot Swimsuit,” an off-the-cuff American menswear type worn by Black, Latino, Asian and Indigenous communities within the mid-Twentieth century, the already outsized type is exaggerated with huge legs that drape like skirts.
Different daring silhouettes embody an androgynous quantity consumed by a vibrant orange print characterised by East Asian motifs. A protracted parka-liner hybrid is tied like a skirt across the waist, whereas a form-fitting long-sleeve tee and one other gaiter-balaclava full the highest half of the look.
“YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE is a tribute to all of the immigrants turned outlaws, the forgotten souls and the individuals who have needed to take issues into their very own arms,” stated Hung La in an official Instagram publish from the model.
The robust message echoes Willy Chavarria‘s Tarantula runway present, which debuted in Paris throughout the identical week and even tapped La as a visitor mannequin. Chavarria’s presentation included an emotional finale advocating for the uplifting of oppressed communities.
See the complete LỰU ĐẠN FW25 assortment within the gallery above.
