Collections A/W 2008-2009

COLLECTIONS A/W 08-09

"BEWARE OF THE WOLF"

The new winter 08-09 collection of Eleonore de Ruuk is inspired by the musical fairytale "Peter and the wolf".

The fairytale's main characters are Peter and the wolf. Other characters are a cat, a duck and a bird. It is a story for children to learn about classical music and the atmospheres and feelings you can create with them. The characters are all translated by instruments in the story. The feeling the story gives and the forrest where the story takes place are translated into the designs. The collection has a playfull yet a bit dark side at the same time just like the story.

The wolf comes back in prints and shapes, but not in an obvious way. For instance one print exists of Peter, the wolf and the other characters in the story; a cat, a duck and a bird.
But the characters are almost unrecognisable because it's a repeated pattern. The other print has the same technique, but used with a wolf.

Hoodies are as always not left out, but this time in a more unusual way. For instance as pockets, bags, in sleeves and as collars.
The patterns of pockets are used at different places and in different ways (rotated) as well; in tops, as sleeves and over other pockets.

The colours for this collection are warm autumn colours like orange, rusty orange, olive and forrest green, dark and eggplant purple, beige, black and bronze.