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Cottweiler get spiritual with anti-fashion show in Berlin. (In this video, the FKA twigs collaborators pay homage to the Hare Krishnas). This year, more and more designers are refusing to be confined by the fashion calendar, choosing to go off-schedule to show in cities beyond London, Paris, Milan and New York or in other ways than the traditional (and let’s admit it, slightly tired) runway. NEWGEN recipients and FKA twigs’ costume collaborators Cottweiler are the latest to go their own way – after a successful presentation back in June for London Collections: Men, they travelled to Berlin to create a one-off live installation. Staged in front of an intimate audience within the minimal tiled interior of new art and commerce space Trust Ltd, their performance openly referenced the Hare Krishnas, whose spirituality and uniformity underpinned the SS16 collection. For the piece, three models with shaved heads sat bathed in warm light and smoke, cross-legged on a square of terracotta carpet.
