1450 Florence｜The epicentre of an aesthetic insurrection that will changes the face of fine art.

1990 Antwerp｜The meeting place of a group of fashion revolutionaries.

The Italian Renaissance or ‘rebirth’ of the arts called for a return to the classical principles that had been lost during the Dark Ages. The Classicists; Cranach, Bellini and Botticelli painted Eve before the Fall, her pale porcelain skin and rounded belly evoking the lost Arcadia of the Garden of Eden.

In the 1990 Antwerp was the focus of a movement that revolutionized fashion. The Deconstructionists; Martin Margiela, Dirk Bikkembergs and Ann Demeulemeester literally turned fashion inside out exposing seams and interlinings, mixing vintage and techno textiles.

De-Constructivism, the new collection from Sassoon takes the modernity of the Belgian De-Constructionists in combination with the classicism of the Renaissance masters. The result-pure technique plus innovative experimentation.

Cuts have visible invisibility, classic, compact and clean in their external shape, subversive, layered and
hyper-mobile beneath. Non-colours fade in and
out-purple, earth, coal, navy and olive green. Matt and shine work together to create subtle shape and texture.