Dansk Daily SS11 Saturday 14.08.10 – PG. 35 – Shows – Photo Sacha Maric –
Arabian AvantGarde.
Words Rikke Dyrholm Ivan Grundahl took a desert hike and confimed once again that he is in a league of his own. This fashion veteran sure knows how to flatter and re-think simple cotton materials and make the most of it. As white-clad, white-faced nomads entered the stage in a monotone pace, wearing turban-inspired folded scarfs and unlaced boots, the audience was drawn into Grundahl’s clean and crisp design universe. Black-clad models dressed in avantgarde Arabian garb followed suit and set a contrasted ambience of Nordic cool meets desert heat. The collection contained a number of Ivan Grundahl trademarks in long draped dresses, raw edgy details, heavy cotton-coats, and floorlength skirts - topped off with
French Couture a la Antoinette. A spectacular lime-green sneaked into the black and white universe and cemented the collection’s visual expression. Ivan Grundahl’s grasp of his Nordic roots and natural talent for combining dailywear and couture underplaying both – gave the show both a fluency and a distinctly Grundahl sharpness. Danish fashion’s Grand Old Man sure can do with cotton what Jesus did with water!