IVAN AIPLATOV 
Belarus
Designer, who easily deals
with various trends and style forms, took a challenge this season and chose
Russian cottage house («izba»), its surface texture, traditional décor and colour
range as a font of inspiration for his spring-summer 2012 collection.
Aiplatov
was amazed by absence of randomness in decorative elements of façades,
platbands and carved planks, their expressiveness and interconnection. To explore
this facet of Russian culture designer set off on a creative expedition around
the country. He immersed into deciphering the meanings of the lines, patterns,
details of fretwork and finish of «izba» thus shaping the idea of the future
collection.
Aiplatov
was amazed by absence of randomness in decorative elements of façades,
platbands and carved planks, their expressiveness and interconnection. To explore
this facet of Russian culture designer set off on a creative expedition around
the country. He immersed into deciphering the meanings of the lines, patterns,
details of fretwork and finish of «izba» thus shaping the idea of the future
collection.
From
now it’s not only dressing game that fascinates Aiplatov’s clients but also
reading the intertext attributable to each item of clothing. One is sure to
take pleasure in examining the unique prints of relief of a tree’s sawn end
(photos which served as a sample for prints were also brought from the expedition),
that are full of mysterious lines and fascinating variations of tints – from
subdued red to subtle emerald green.
Though
the original topic sends us back to the past, the collection is totally deprived
of nostalgia and spiced up with Aiplatov’s brand-name provocativeness. It shows
even despite the restrained range of colours.
As
for ladies, designer offers alluring and seductive wardrobe which complements
figure in any time of the day. Silk mini-dresses with ornamented hems, overalls
of different length – from micro to maxi. Extra-sexy pencil skirt with a zipper
and horizontal pleats that can be taken off in one move. Finally, blouses and
dresses with almost imperceptible leopard print which resembles wood surface
combined with paisley pattern.
For
men Aiplatov has some special aesthetics in stock. Extremely narrow suits with
thin lapels for those who want to emphasize strong sides of their figure.
Shorts and pants of complex cut with wedge-shaped insets and long johns-like
trousers. The latter match perfectly with T-shirts that have prints with letters
from the Old Slavonic alphabet and illustrations of Ivan Bilibin’s
mythical sirin-birds (according to the legend, it’s a bird of paradise with a
head of a virgin) (as if made with the purpose to lull the vigilance of the
ladies).
There
is a glossy shade of blue that can be seen trough all images of the collection.
It casually appears on the stripes of women overalls or on inside coat-breast
of a shirt thus setting off and accentuating moderate colours of clothing in a
very special way. The choice of the colour is not accidental. According to old
Russian mythology it symbolizes wisdom, eternity, truth and faith.
That’s
the professional attitude Ivan Aiplatov sticks to. His pieces of clothes cannot
be uncovered at first sight, they require a closer look, a greater intimacy and
profound exploration of new sides.
