DREAM MAP
AW 2012/2013
Lucian Broscatean’s Dream Map collection draws its inspiration from the poetic yet unsettling story lines of Quay Brothers movies, such as „Institute Benjamenta, or this dream people call life.“ The film’s bizarre characters and uncanny dream sequences are some of the conceptual themes explored by the designer. Pleats and shadow plays are brought about through combinations of heavy and light materials, clear cuts and geometrical forms, reflecting the landscapes and morphologies appearing in the film’s dream sequences.
Black and white make up the main colors of the collection. Long cotton shirts come in geometric shapes and monochromatic combinations, their open hemlines reaching far beyond the black trousers, which, due to triangular applications, have a taste of riding pants to them. Worn with long overcoats with angular creases, the black, spiral hats of Gabriela Dumitran and the prominent rubber soles of Mihaela Glavan shoes, a complete urban and modern shepherd look is conjured up, transporting the signature traditional Romanian garb into the now.
Lucian Broscatean has been presenting his collections regularly since 2008 to international industry professionals: during Romanian fashion week, the Romanian pavilion at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai , and since spring 2011, at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin. Broscatean deals with the discrepancies between tradition and mobility, nomadic life style and urban forms. He draws his inspiration from films, architecture and modern dance.
