Fall/Winter 2009/10 | Kim Choong-Wilkins

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Published November 13, 2009

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kim choong-wilkins graduated from central saint martins in 2005, prior to cutting his teeth at alexander mcqueen and designing knitwear in milan for ermenegildo zegna … after two years in the industry he returned to london and furthered his studies with an ma in menswear at the royal college of art, graduating in 2009 with his aw0910 collection entitled “bodybound” …

“we must not look at goblin men,
we must not buy their fruits :
who knows upon what soil they fed
their hungry thirsty roots ?”
– christina rossetti –

the macabre photography of joel-peter witkin and this particular verse above by christina rossetti are the inspiration for “bodybound” … together they inform kim’s collection on the human condition, desire and the perverse … referencing both the anatomical drawings of vesalius and the eroticism of hokusai, the collection revolves around skin, sinew, muscle and bone … it pumps sex back into a craft that has become lust-less, prompting arousal and addiction for men’s knitwear by examining the relationship between seduction and repulsion …

fabrics are ultra luxurious knits, laminated and studded, hard and glistening …

kim choong-wilkins’ knights and samurais wear knitted armours, wide shoulders and hakama style trousers …

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