The Saint-Petersburg based LUTANI, launched last year by Anita Lyutvinskaya, told a story of human vulnerability and human condition. In fact, that’s what their new collection was called – VULNERABILITY, shown by Givenchy model Stanislava Izyumova.
LUTANI also sources their wispy, ghostly fabrics locally in St. Petersburg, or imports them from European producers. A hypnotic short movie by Andrey Valentsov showed their new designs through the medium of a ghost story – with the model inhabiting a long-abandoned house and a frozen swimming pool. The garments ranged from ribbon-like crimson evening gowns to several outfits that utilized thermochromic, color-changing fabrics.
As Stanislava walked through a frozen wintery landscape, a little ghost searching for meaning, the light and futuristic outfits offered a perfect scenery to the emotions familiar to us all at this time – uncertainty and an unyielding desire for a new sincerity and intimacy. Her spectre eventually sank to the bottom of a deep-frozen lake, draped in white silks reminiscent of Alexander McQueen’s legendary Kate Moss hologram (below).