KTZ Spring 2009

Mace­don­ian fash­ion pio­neer and close friend to Mar­jan Pejoski, Sasko Besovski (Sasha B) is the man respon­si­ble for bring­ing the uber-​​hip retail con­cept Kokon to Zai (KTZ) to the streets of Lon­don and Paris as well as 30 other stock­ists world­wide. The for­mer con­struc­tion engi­neer stu­dent who ran away to the West to become a DJ and a fash­ion designer dur­ing the heady rush of the early nineties has worked in col­lab­o­ra­tion with fel­low designer the Dark Horse and unveiled another witty col­lec­tion.

Sasha believes that the pro­lif­er­a­tion of high-​​end labels has dis­cour­aged younger peo­ple from exper­i­ment­ing with inter­est­ing clothes and is deter­mined to make some seri­ous changes, espe­cially in a city like Lon­don. [Diptrics]

KTZ’s fall col­lec­tion had me at the Richard Torry sweater; an arrival that I eagerly await, yet this col­lec­tion is already ear­marked for must-​​haves. Words can­not express (sound famil­iar?) how much I love the loose dropped crotch pants with the streaks and the over­sized sweater (sec­ond pic­ture). Over­all, the col­lec­tion is play­ful and its col­ors adven­tur­ous.  The indi­vid­ual pieces beg you to reex­am­ine your wardrobe and use your imag­i­na­tion to explore new looks.  Are you up for the challenge?

Pic­tures pro­vided by the lovely Igor of Kokon to Zai