FILIPPO BENDANTI - Hideout (2019/2020)

The collection’s name is “hideout” because the whole concept behind it is the need to hide, in fact the world where my collection takes place is a world where everything must be hidden, even your feelings, to defend yourself from the outside.

This concept of hiding is in all the details of the garments. Like the two hoods, which have been used since their invention to cover one’s face. Both hoods cover the face in two different ways though, one covers the low part/mouth and nose with a mask which can be removed, the other covers the eyes with a visor.

The jacket “001” even presents three layers of technical fabric on the left shoulder, which are supposed to create a cape-like look, to give the idea of protection. Always on that jacket, two welt pockets are hidden inside two pleats on the sides.

Instead, on the jacket “002” there are two pockets on the front which are formed by the plaid on the back that is sewn with the front, not on the sides but on the stomach. This gives the idea that the plaid is kind of protecting who’s wearing it, keeping him warm and safe. The two pockets on the front have zips on the side that, if opened, reveal two bellows that enlarge the pockets. You can’t really see the pockets openings when the zips are closed, so it looks like the zips are the openings, but when they are opened and the bellows unfold, you can see that they really are on the top.

The last detail in the outfit “002” that takes inspiration from hiding/protecting

is on the shoes. In fact, the shoes closing is composed by two “wings” of leather, one brown and one yellow, at the sides of the shoe, which fold over the foot to keep it stable. The two leather pieces can be put one on top of the other without a specific order, so that the shoe can change color. This detail represents the ability to adapt to the surroundings and not be seen.

Finally, the last jacket “003” is a mix of the other two, in fact its patterns are based half on the “001” jacket and half on the “002”. The length of the jacket is, on one half, the length of Jacket “001” and, on the other, the length of jacket “002”.

On the front of the last jacket there’s a pocket that’s hard to see at first, because it’s another layer of the same fabric of which the jacket is made, and on the back there’s another pocket, this one

though has a zip on the side. This zip can be opened, so that the pocket transforms into a piece of fabric that dangles and modifies the garment’s volume.

To conclude, the pants “003” have pleats all long the external sides which create movement and modify their volume while walking. Inside these pleats are hidden two inseam pockets.

These pants also present a cut on the front and back of the left leg where another fabric is used, which is slightly different from the other fabric. It’s almost as that fabric is hiding inside another one.

001-outfit

002-outfit

003-outfit

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