The idea of New York City sprinkled in a layer of snow is really special. Everything covered, the trees, cars. Last Saturday, Moncler Genius presented its new Moncler Jackets collection with MONDOGENIUS: an immersive digital experience that, for the first time, connected the whole world in a single event, moving through five different cities scattered throughout Europe, Asia and America to share the vision of the 11 designers who created this year's Genius collections.
"Milan is a city that has given us all an extraordinary time. "There's knit, and webbing, and lining, and all the top - stitching. Drawing inspiration from couture designs, their structured down jackets with the finest of trimmings often (and understandably) get pigeonholed into the category of a high fashion therefore "Dry Clean Only" garment.
There's a new one, too. "We developed a new hook - it's kind of like a large carabiner - specifically for Moncler, and I think it's really beautiful, to use on belts and accessories," Williams says. "That was actually something we developed towards the last days, right before we showed.
The designers most hell - bent on proving that sentiment were Williams and Green, two of fashion and hip - hop's favorite new designers. Both have a knack for product innovation and a shared fluency in hype, and at the unveiling they explored just how far the horizon of tech - www.monclersoutlets.com y sportswear extends. Disrupting the runway show is, of course, part of the Moncler Genius mandate, so last night the Milan Fashion Week circus descended upon a network of long - abandoned tunnels abutting the Milano Centrale train station.