Valeria Guzema became the main character of the new spring collection of the COAT by Katya Silchenko. In a world where collaborations are often born from strategies, this one was born from love. the COAT and Guzema united in a warm cross-activity that became more than a marketing gesture. This is a story about mutual support, shared values and sincere sympathy between the brand owners.
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“With her playful curls and subtlety, she seems to have stepped out of the pages of a historical novel, but she lives in the rhythm of a modern city – she runs a powerful jewelry brand, raises three children and at the same time pilots a real airplane,” says Katya Silchenko. “That's why I saw Valeria as the heroine of the collection.” The collection is based on a dialogue between historical costume and modern design. Speaking about the form, the creative director of the brand notes: “For me, there are two constructive “heroes” of the collection. The first is a trench coat with a transformed Medici collar (sculptural collar), reinterpreted in a modern, functional form. By the way, this is my second appeal to the Medici family, but this time I took elements of their other costumes. The second is a cape-bomber with a bullet-shaped, buff shape, gathered at the top, with a cocoon silhouette. The collar here is high and modern, while the form itself has a historical character.”
Seams with deliberately loose threads run through trench coats, skirts and dresses. They add brutality to silhouettes, create tension between the purity of the cut and the “imperfect” edge. It is this tension that forms the new character of the brand's femininity – a kind of grunge in ice blue. The same technique appears in shoes, in particular in over-the-knee boots, which the designer has been hiding under layering for several years. “If earlier I was more fascinated by the rhythm of the city – the pace of New York, the colors of Milanese street style, the districts of Tokyo, then over the past year and the travels that I have filled it with have shifted my inner focus. I am increasingly attracted to exhibitions of historical costume, museum portraits and especially details: fabric textures, decoration, colors. My source of inspiration has shifted in this direction, and I feel that this will continue in the next collections,” adds Katya Silchenko.
