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All six Kiev Fashion Days designers
Nicknamed ‘The Patchwork Designer,’ RCR Khomenko takes an
ecological approach to the production of her collections. Her SS14 collection
entitled ‘Playful Me’ takes the concept of looking through a child’s eyes and
translates it through pieces created from recycled fabrics in bold whimsical prints.
The collection instantly draws the eye, together it is a cornucopia
of youthful motifs and not a single piece would look out of place if it were
wallpapered in a child’s room. The simple, tailored structure of the clothes works
perfectly to make the bright, cheerful designs stand out even more.
A self-ironic, imaginative collection, RCR Khomenko is sure
to go far. We caught up the designer
What inspired your collection?
This collection is about ‘playful me’ I have a niece who is
three years old and I said to her ’you are a little baby’ and she said to me ’no,
it is you who is a baby’ and it inspired me.
I just took my head and tried to play with the idea. I put myself as a
three year old and took this fabric and put it in one playful scene.
I think we need more games in our lives, we take everything
and ourselves too seriously. To be happier and to have more fun in life we
should play with ourselves and everything that surrounds us and I wanted to
reflect this in our new collection
Where do you source your fabric?
I’ve sourced my fabric over many years, some are tablecloths
and some are bits friends have given me. I like to mix the origins and cultures
of my fabrics in different pieces, lots are from travelling in Berlin and Kiev
and Italy.
My pieces are mixed like a salad. It is said that a woman
should be able to make three things perfectly; scandal, salad and a hat. This
is ‘scandal salad.’
What woman would you like to see wearing your collection?
A woman who can be playful in any situation, who knows that
in any situation it’s not real, that you can be whoever you want to be whenever
and change it.
By Elizabeth Renfrey, blog contributor, @erenfrey,
Photography by Tracy Asslanian @TracyAsslanian and Jamike Latif @JamikeLatif