A MONTH BEFORE THE AW16 17 SHOW DEMNA GVASALIA  ANNOUNCED THAT FROM JANUARY 2017 THEY WILL SHOW THEIR MENS AND WOMENSWEAR TOGETHER. they WILL ONLY PRODUCE TWO COLLECTIONS A YEAR, SHOWN IN A PRESENTATION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TWO MONTHS EARLIER THAN THE TRADITIONAL START OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHOWS. TO EVADE HIGH-STREET COPIES, THEY WILL SHOW SPRING / SUMMER IN JANUARY,  AND THE PRODUCT WILL DROP IN THE STORES BY FEBRUARY.

THE AW16 17 VETEMENTS COLLECTION IS A CONTINUATION OF VETEMENT’S SEASON-DEFYING PHILOSOPHY. A LINE-UP OF PLEATED SCHOOL MINI SKIRTS, shirts with school-tie chokers, BOXY BLAZERS AND shrunken shoulder lines as well as even more gigantic, boxier ones than before. SWEAT SHIRTS were UPDATED WITH IRONIC SLOGANS LIKE ‘YOU FUCK N ASSHOLE’, JUXTAPOSED AGAINST FLORAL FRILLED DRESSES AND SHARP TAILORED SUITS. VETEMENTS COMPLETED THE COLLECTION WITH ANKLE AND THIGH-HIGH GEOMETRIC HEELED BOOTS, CIGARETTE STILETTOS AND SILVER-TONE HARDWARE ACCESSORIES.