L’Uomo Vogue used phrases like “disco nightmare” and “deliberately decadent” when describing Kristian Aadnevik’s work earlier this year. For this rising-star designer, who likens designing a line to outfitting the heroine of a movie, clothing tends to take on a fantastical dimension. He was recently named one of Fall 2008’s “Top Ten Most Promising New Talents” by Style.com.
Aadnevik completed his MA in Womenswear from the Royal College of Art in London just six years ago. While at school, he worked at Alexander McQueen as a design assistant – and likely picked up some of McQueen’s dark, gothic and rock-n’-roll influences that would later surface in his own designs. From there, he completed a stint at Charles Jourdan in Japan before returning to the UK in 2004 to start his own eponymous label.
Luxe materials like feathers, sequins, and fur – even dresses cut in curve-hugging leather – made the black-heavy collection anything but basic. With a style that is unabashedly, unapologetically glamorous, Kristian Aadnevik was born to dress the bad girl, and the good girl acting the part. Either way, the clothes are gorgeous.
