Damir Doma S/S '10 Runway Videos

He presented my favourite collection for the next spring/summer season in Paris.
He created a smoking new look in menswear.

His designs make me wonder every time I see them.
He is Damir Doma.

I don't talk to the wind, see videos of the whole collection and backstage below.
My review about the collection, can be found here.

In addition to the motion pictures, also read the official press release of the collection. I have to admit, nor could I conceive my thoughts better.

"Between spirituality and philosophy, Doma explores the delicate balance of humanforms and harmonizes the ongoing dialogue between body and soul.

Oversized and almost floating elements are meant to provide space between skin andgarment representing a new spiritual freedom allowing the mind to focus on life’selemental values.

With an understanding of humility and purity, Doma eliminates the unnecessary andconcentrates on the essentials of shapes and forms resulting in a heightened appreciationfor simplicity. No buttons or unnecessary trimmings were added to thegarments to maintain its integrity and mutual respect for the individual and nature.

Our relationship to nature and the things that permit our existence, is spoken throughthe colors, with white symbolizing purity, red the energy that rushes through our veinsand black’s thoughtfulness, the beginning, the end and what is still yet to be discovered.

Doma’s quest to fuse mind, body and spirit, stands as a trinity with fabrics, colors andshades as its loyal disciples."

~ Damir Doma

Regards, Miska

Damir Doma S/S '10

Some will say it's the same, I say it's evolving. Damir Doma's new collection is undoubtedly similar to the previous ones, but his aesthetic world and signature style is so variable, that it has enough opportunities hold for lots of more seasons, without being repetitive or outmoded.

For the recent collection he apparently toned down the excessive draping, which is so characteristic of him, but kept his complex-defined silhouettes, with more structure and volume, than ever before.

The highlights of the collection were the every inch blood-red outfits, which indicated completely new perspectives in the style of Damir Doma.

Like there are so many ways to rumple, ravel or pucker a veil, there are as many possibilities to ring the changes on Damir Doma's pieces. And as we can see, this is exactly what he does.

Until the official runway photos and video appear online, I feature images from Scoute.org.

Regards, Miska

Damir Doma A/W '09

Statements:
I like perfection. Damir Doma’s creations are beyond beautiful. I love Damir Doma's work.

Thoughts:
I am a wayfarer. I walk miles, and sometimes I even ride the whirlwind. Sand, blowed into my eyes, or snowflakes melting on my lips. The distance is endless but everything is only a stone’s throw away.

+ Statement:
I also like when press releases tell everything about a collection.

“In a balanced calm of tension and easy flow, with a perspective of birth into the unknown, Doma pursues his exploration with seemingly bare shapes, focusing upon the architecture of volumes as if to return to the spines of his constructions.

Streaming drapings, twisted folds and floating structures in wet blacks, earth greys or dirty creams alternate between light and dark.

Doma's nomads could be visiting from elsewhere, on the dawn of an epic crossing, either into future times or antique steppes.

The sleek lines and simple shells of the clothes are underpinned by lightly constructed loops, and as boundaries and edges are blended, a feeling of continuity and endless wandering is evoked in the silhouettes, with pieces folded, held or knotted in only one of possibilities.

There is a quiet peace in Doma's distant spaces and solitude, when he hides tiny gates to infinity in his works.

Just as desert dune landscapes can reveal an arid undulating sensuality, or the icy austerity of snowcapped peaks may beguile with gently glittering skins, it is tempting to get lost for an instant in Doma's quest, on a path seeking majesty.”

Regards, Miska

Photos and text from Damir Doma's website. Runway video by Alessandro Tinelli from Vimeo.

Damir Doma Spring/Summer '09

I just hit the road of men-fashion from the dreamy world of Rozalb de Mura, and I didn't have to go thousand-miles to arrive another wonderland, a place where time has vanished, a close galaxy filled with sightliness and harmony. The world of:

The spring/summer collection of the Croatian-born designer is inspired by the beauty of beyond.

The textures are very light, the silhouettes are airy. Soft fabrics entwine and caress the body. The shapes are not sharp, their structure comes in sensitive, loose forms, and subtle nuances. The suddenness of foldings and creases gives movement to these outfits, galvanize life into them. The details, like the use of plaites, provide a really organic, and even a little bit playful edge to the clothes.

The collection is really close to nature on the one hand, on the other hand it has something otherworldly. Filled with charm, which is very sensitive, but masculine at the same time. Melancholic and romantic, dreamy and full of power, nostalgic but innovative. Opposites and different characteristic signs melted into one, a unique, timeless, and exciting new way of menswear, created by Damir Doma.

Regards, Miska