Marko Mitanovski: Escaping the Confines

Image: Maja Jankowska

Marko Mitanovski is known for his iconic dramatic dark designs, having previously dressed the likes of Lady Gaga, Paloma Faith, and Little Mix, there was a lot of excitement surrounding his afternoon show. 

His consistent use of black, allows Marko to further explore the possibilities of form and texture within his designs. His creations were full of differing guises and shapes. Inspired by organic natural forms such as volcanos, his outfits appeared to bubble and almost engulf the models themselves. As well as being encased by the overflowing structure of the dress, the models were also physically laced into the garments, giving the impression that the garment wore the model, rather than the other way round.

Image: Oda Eide

Marko told Fashion Scout that he could not have created his collection without the help of his chosen sculptors: partnering with sculptors Sonja Gajic, Ivan Stevanovic, Miroslav Lakobrij, Milan Stosic and headwear designer De Mode. The contributions of these sculptors bewildered and captivated the onlookers with their frightening, almost alien appearance, which often obscured the model's face. 

Referencing 'The Scream' by expressionist artist Edvard Munch, many of the black mini dresses featured moulded faces which seemed to want to escape the confines of the black leather and latex folds: the faces burst through the chests of the wearer. This theme of fear and escape followed through into every aspect of the garments, with Mitanovski showing corset inspired leg-wear bewildering onlookers.

Winged cape taking inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 Film 'The Birds'
Image: Maja Jankowska

The creativity and pattern cutting ability of this designer are so strong that is impossible to not enjoy his collections.  #SS16 Marko Mitanovski provided further insight into his signature aesthetic, we can't wait to see what's next from him...

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Writer: Paris Richardson 

Images: Maja Jankowska, Oda Beide and Stefania Porcu 

Editor: Fiona Nicholls

COLLECTION | Marko Mitanovski

An alien-like model army of all black everything and a pop of one painted white model graced the runway this morning at Fashion Scout. Serbian designer Marko Mitanovski sure knows how to make a collection stand out with previously dressing stars such as Lady Gaga, Paloma Faith and Steve Strange.

It was obvious the models must have been in hair and make up for a good few hours before the show, a lot of them were painted completely black in order to go with the dark, grungy and sexy collection. Marko was inspired by birds, nature and sculpture which made massive collars, gigantic shoulder pads and very, very big puffer sleeves the main looks for this collection.

Manipulated leather and croc fabrics gave the pieces lots of texture and shape however a corset element was added to this in order to make the pieces look fitting, sexy and more feminine. We were also given previews The looks were styled with fish net tights and plain black pointed shoes so all of the attention was on the well-detailed garments. The faces of the models were either hidden through the use of black paint or beaded headpieces, his gave the collection a creepy feel about it as they had no identity and were these characters created by Marko instead.

The slow music playing in the background and the models creeping down the runway created a great lot of suspense leaving the audience interested and engaged throughout the whole show. The finale featured a fast pace collection of models strutting to a strings version of Michael Jacksons ‘Smooth Criminal’ which gave us an amazing overview of the detail and work that must have gone into all of these works of art.

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BACKSTAGE | Marko Mitanovski

Fashion Scout Welcomes Marko Mitanovski

Fashion Scout are delighted to welcome Marko Mitanovski to the fashion Scout catwalk.

Serbian born, London based designer Mitanovski is best known for theatrical, detailed construction drawing inspiration from nature, history and architecture. His designs were chosen for Ones To Watch at Fashion Scout September 2009.

In addition to notable editorials in Dazed, Harper's Bazaar and L'Officiel Mitanovski's pieces have been worn by international stars including Lady Gaga, Katie Melua and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

We can't wait to see what AW15 has in store for Marko! Freemasons Hall, Covent Garden, February 20th-24^th.

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