Ute Ploier Spring 2011 | Julian Cech by Jork Weismann

Inspired by Dutch archi­tect Rem Kool­haas’ affec­tion for daily swims in pub­lic baths, Ute Ploier turned her atten­tion to the Nightswim­mer for spring’s col­lec­tion. As Kool­haas expressed, “I swim every day wher­ever I am. And I always swim in the pub­lic baths. I think it is a way of inject­ing your­self, as naked as you can be, into a par­tic­u­lar soci­ety and learn­ing to under­stand it.” In this same fash­ion, Ploier crafts a col­lec­tion for her artist. Pour­ing his soul into his work, the clothes of Ploier’s artist mir­ror his need for free­dom and move­ment, even if it comes to using his body directly as part of the art. Pro­vided gen­er­ous pro­por­tions that are both light and gath­ered in pre­cise places, Nightswim­mer is enveloped in dark­ness for a min­i­mal­ist sea­son of great ease.

Pho­tog­ra­pher: Jork Weis­mann
Model: Julian Cech @ Tempo Mod­els
Hair & Makeup: Sunanda Mesquita