At Chasseur, we have our fingers in pies aplenty: in the pies of the various young designers we come across and want to shout about. Sometimes we want to shout at a decent number of decibels, revering and respecting. And sometimes we want to squeal and shriek with excitement. Steven Tai gets the latter treatment.
Yes, it’s sporty; yes, it’s urban; yes, this confirms it as timely and chic, but the SS15 collection’s finest pieces boast so much more. The winners among Tai’s edit of oversized garments, which almost serve to eschew the very notion of silhouette, are cleverly thought out separates that are impressive on account of textile and technique innovation. And while there are details that render a rather girlish touch to nearly every piece, each design is – at large – lacking in what we might consider a womanly shape. It is this revision of the idealised womenswear silhouette that is perhaps the most exciting element at play. Something that speaks articulately of our age’s urge for ease, and a new interpretation of androgyny, which indeed looks to find a comfortable balance of the masculine and feminine, without ignoring the differences between the male and the female. In the bigger picture, that’s even more timely and chic than the sporty, urban undercurrent.