Back in September, at the Monse spring 2025 program, there were blinked-and-you-missed-them bags formed like footballs. For pre-fall, Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia continued the story, reviving a print from their 3rd collection 8 years ago that skillfully blended a vintage-looking illustration of football gamers in action with a flower. “We enjoyed it, however we didn’t truly press it that much that season,” Kim described. “Personally I like this print, since it’s a little manly and womanly, like our brand name.” That exact same masculine/feminine energy was shown in their usage of it: on breezy silk headscarf slip gowns, and more skillfully printed over blocky males’s striped button-downs. “I can in fact purchase this,” stated Garcia.
In other places, the duo provided softer variations of their signature deconstructed customizing, and their two-for-one pieces consisted of a raincoat with an integrated draped crochet blanket and flexible waist pants with appliquéd “denims” on the front. Matching twinset knits likewise concealed a surprise, the sweatshirts curtained over the shoulders were not in truth sweatshirts or cardigans however flat pieces made to be curtained over the shoulders– without the included bulk of volume or buttons. Completing the collection were scarf going-out tops (millennials will keep in mind these well), to which the designers included a bustier beneath for included assistance. “This is a more advanced, going-out top,” Kim included.
