L.A. Fashion Week Spring 2010: Juuml;nker
The presence of skins, furs, feathers and bones of dead creatures is a given in Juuml;nker’s designs, but this season the designs shown by Giuliana Mayo and Tod Waters on Oct. 22 had a higher quotient of animal carcasses than usual. As Waters puts it, “Anything that fit on the arc, we found a way to skin it and use it.”
Mayo added that the ample use of skins was part of a ’70s rock and decadence theme. “Because of the recession, we thought we’d just go all over the top,” she said.
The party at Velvet Grip Family Tattoo Studio in West Hollywood, Calif., was two-fold: hosting a presentation of Juuml;nker’s latest collection and the opening-night fete for a month-long exhibition of Los Angeles artists on display at the tattoo studio.
Most of Juuml;nker’s coats, leather jackets and ultra-low-rise jeans that have been shredded, ripped apart, put back together and then distressed some more as if in a post-apocalyptic world have a decidedly hard-edged look, but Mayo and Waters find beauty and humor in little details. Along the seams of a plum corset halter top are delicate rows of hand-sewn iridescent natural pearls. The lining on the inside of a tough men’s leather jacket is made of vintage “Star Wars” bed sheets.—Rhea Cortado
