J.W. Anderson - The Rattle Bag Collection

Mwau…contemplating J.W. Anderson´s autumn/winter collection at first I almost felt confronted with a crossing-creation of forest trolls with an alpine folk music marching band. But of course, I was wrong! Not a single designer collection in the world would ever be based on such primitive sources of inspiration.

It´s Russia, the tsars and the communism that correlate with J.W. Anderson´s collection. Not to forget the mystical figure Grigori Rasputin. Combined with World War l and Egg-Maker Peter Carl Fabergé - for me, the collection description starts to become kind of overloaded. Not implausible, not disagreeable - just too much for me.  So, I try to make it short: The bandwidth of Anderson´s collection goes from artsy-experimental to absolutely ready-to-wear. High-quality work, craftsmanship and the stitching of luxury materials are closely connected to the elaborated, detailed designs. Jewelry is sized, prominent and distinctive and underlines the theatrical character of Anderson´s creations.
With his second collection the 25-years old Irish-born designer slingshots himself into the front row of the most aspiring European young-designers and proves, that creativity and craftsmanship are not always a matter of age.

Photos via J. W. Anderson

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