J.W.ANDERSON （J.W. アンダーソン）ファッションブランド 2011年秋冬メンズコレクション

J.W.ANDERSON 2011 AUTUMN／WINTER MEN'S COLLECTION

J.W.ANDERSON （J.W. アンダーソン） 2011 AUTUMN／WINTER SEASON － BRAND Q&A

Q1. What was the inspiration for this collection?

'THE FEAR OF NATURALISM'

JW Anderson has come to thinking that the idea of human nature as something immovable and essential is pretty much made up: that the chaos that underlies our experience means that we are free to explore endless possibilities and pluralities of the self. So these clothes are about us being able to mutate our personas and make them into whatever we want them to be, regardless of how that fits with what they're supposed to be. They're about grabbing onto the belief that we don't have to let the fantastical ideals of youth collapse into the mundane realities of adulthood, that we can dress ourselves as the lovers, heroes and dreamers that we all grew up wanting to be.

It's a naive and hopeful take on things, but it's not ashamed of being so - better that than being boring. It embraces the subcultures that have informed the previous JW Anderson collections and makes them into a kind of non-denominational celebration of individual freedom, all wrapped up in reconsiderations of English tailoring and attempts to take dressing beyond the old boundaries of gender - we are, after all talking about clothes. So it's a reconstruction and reconciliation of opposites that puts brocade next to paisley next to rubber next to pleats. It's a collection for those who want to embrace freedom in its truly modern incarnations and take all the risks that that involves, rather than agree to sacrifice it for the dull security of being well behaved and grown up.

Q2. Where was the show/presentation held?

Both our womenswear presentations and our menswear show were presented at Somerset House during London Fashion Week.

Q3. What sort of fabrics did you use?

We used a lot of paisley, lamb nappa, boiled wool, nylon, kid mohair, Swarovski Crystal and angora, among other things to create different combinations of textures.
Swarovski Crystal, Jonathan (J.W.Anderson) do collaboration tongue of shoes, jumper on front or back.

Q4. What colors were important for this season?

Along with navy, a lot of colour was important this season.

Q5. Tell us about the silhouette.

The J.W.Anderson silhouette this season is very architectural and a lot sharper than it has been in previous seasons.

Q6. What music was playing in the show?

Koudlam - Love Song was the main body of our catwalk show music.

Mens:
AareWave the Eighties Best - Eisbar
Koudlam - love song
Wave of mutilation (uk surf) pixies.

Womens:
False profit - gouge away (breakz mix) - pixies
Talking heads - this must be the place (naïve melody)

Q7. Do you have a favorite piece in the collection?

I especially liked our angora sweaters this season.

Q8. What is your design process?

I work through a process of patchworking ideas together, both literally and figuratively, almost like making garments bleed through into one another.

Q9. Is there any news of your brand?

We just presented our first of many womenswear shows.

Q10. Finally, please tell us the major boutique selling your collection around the world.

We are currently stocked on Asos, Oki-Ni, Ln-cc and in Isetan, Hunting and Collecting, Harrods, Liberty and Opening Ceremony, to name a few.

Photo : Christopher Moore / catwalking.com

Cast
styling robbie spencer

casting maida gregory

hair by luke hersheson at julian watson agency
using l'oreal professionnel

makeup by hiromi ueda at julian watson agency
and the m•a•c pro team
makeup provided by m·a·c

production bacchus

Special thanks
laura holmes production
benjamin bruno

Team
caroline mead
dan vo
daniela binz
elizabeth fraser bell
emma mulligan
george bunker
harry lambert
justin mansfield
lauren mellor
matthew coupe
matthew mumford
marina wan
melissa stokes
millie betito
omar romanini
ruth seager
sadie williams
sarah coombes
thomas prees
young hwan yang
yuki ishigami

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J.W.ANDERSON （J.W.アンダーソン）

Designer

Jonathan William Anderson

Combining sinister phenomena with a love of mystical characters in history and literature, the intensely dramatic aesthetics of J. W. Anderson have made him one of the most intriguing menswear designers in current British fashion.

Born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland in 1984, Jonathan William Anderson originally wanted to pursue a career in acting. In 2001, he moved to Washington DC to study drama at The Actors' Studio where he discovered a love for stage costumes. Anderson soon moved back to London where, whilst working as a stylist - most notably for the artist Rufus Wainwright - Anderson took his degree in menswear at the London College of Fashion. He graduated in 2001, at which point he had already established his label.

J. W. Anderson made it's debut at London Fashion Week in September 2007 with a menswear collection characterised by the use of real insects in jewellery. A dark, Rasputin-inspired autumn/winter 2008 collection soon followed, before Anderson made his breakthrough with the highly anticipated spring/summer 2009 collection, An Eye for An Eye.

J. W. Anderson will show his fourth menswear collection under NEWGEN at London Fashion Week in February 2010.

URL : http://www.j-w-anderson.com/