Spring 2010 | Blank

Inspired by Mali Blues band Tinari­wen, Swedish label Blank finds a rea­son for a change of pace this sea­son. Belong­ing to the Nomadic peo­ple of Touraeg, Tinari­wen was founded, while train­ing in a Libya mil­i­tary camp for inde­pen­dence from Mali’s regime. Adding a cer­tain qual­ity of light­ness to their work, Blank took on this atmos­phere, trans­lat­ing it into earthy hues of relaxed drap­ing and pro­tec­tion. Decon­structed and worn-​​in, design­ers Fredrik Blank and Åsa Görans­son man­age to craft a col­lec­tion that boasts their trade­mark tai­lor­ing along­side a notice­able depar­ture, which grav­i­tates towards a more organic range.