DURING A PRE-COLLECTION APPOINTMENT WITH SÉBASTIEN MEYER AND ARNAUD VAILLANT OF COPERNI, THE CONVERSATION VEERED UNEXPECTEDLY TOWARDS THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER AT CERN. MEYER EXPRESSED HIS PASSION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, REVEALING HIS DREAM TO VISIT THE SECRETIVE INSTITUTION. INSPIRED BY THE LABORATORY AND ITS SCIENTISTS, THE DESIGNERS SOUGHT TO EMBODY THE LIFE OF A RESEARCHER IN THEIR COLLECTION. THE COLLECTION REFLECTS THIS INSPIRATION WITH A BLEND OF CASUAL AND SOPHISTICATED LOOKS. BUTTON-DOWN SHIRTS LAYERED OVER TANK TOPS, PAIRED WITH SWEATPANTS OR JEANS, AND TOPPED WITH SLOUCHY JACKETS EXUDE A BUSINESS-CASUAL VIBE. A STANDOUT PIECE IS A TRACK JACKET BODYSUIT WORN OVER A BUTTONED-UP WHITE SHIRT, MERGING BODYSUITS WITH WORKWEAR SEAMLESSLY. FOR EVENING WEAR, TEXTURES INSPIRED BY CERN’S MACHINERY TAKE CENTER STAGE. SHINY GOLDEN KNITTED LUREX FABRIC DRAPES EFFORTLESSLY IN A DRESS AND A MATCHING TOP WITH ELASTIC WAIST PANTS, OFFERING AN UPSCALE TWIST ON THE CLASSIC SWEATSUIT. AN ELECTRIC BLUE SHINY JACQUARD FABRIC MIMICS THE APPEARANCE OF CABLES AND WIRES, ADDING AN INDUSTRIAL EDGE TO A STRAPLESS DRESS. OTHER STANDOUT PIECES INCLUDE BOXERS MADE FROM A UNIQUE “TECH NYLON MEETS ORGANZA” MATERIAL AND A SEXY MINI SLIP DRESS FEATURING LACE COVERED WITH SILICONE, RESEMBLING MILK. OVERALL, COPERNI’S COLLECTION FOR THE SEASON ELEGANTLY BLENDS ELEMENTS OF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND CASUAL SOPHISTICATION, OFFERING A FRESH AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY FASHION.
