The Garment’s Charlotte Eskildsen and Sophia Roe presented their spring 2024 collection in a room in Thorvaldsen’s Museum featuring larger-than-life, and mostly male, sculptures, which made an interesting contrast with the pretty, delicate youthfulness of the offering. In an online exchange, Roe explained the concept was to rethink outdated ideas about the working woman and man; the linen closet was the starting point for the former. The opening look was a “napkin” top, the closing one made of “sheets.” There was also a “pillowcase dress” and a crocheted crop top and bra that might have been inspired by doilies. And there were bows on the back of flats, and heavy knit ones attached to lighter cotton dresses.
The flip “masculine” side of all this was meant to be respresnted by “utility” details, but just read as tomboy, a recurring vibe at the brand. Low waisted, raw-edged black pants with a bow at the center back bridged the two “sides.”
It might have been preferable not to have Skall Studio and The Garment back-to-back on the schedule, as they covered some similar ground, and this collection wound up feeling a bit lightweight.
