Helmut Lang Presents Its New Autumn Winter 2022 Collection: Utility. Civility. Deviance.

MATERIALS: AVIATOR SHEARLING
TOSCANA SHEARLING ∙ WOOL GABARDINE
WOOL FELT ∙ COTTON TWILL ∙ SEMI-SHINE LEATHER
ASTRO COTTON NYLON ∙ AVIATOR NYLON
STRETCH SILK SATIN ∙ BASE RIB ∙ VISCOSE JERSEY

ITEMS AND SILHOUETTES: TOP COAT ∙ AVIATOR JACKET
MOTORCYCLE JACKET ∙ LINER VEST ∙ POCKET SHIRT
FIVE-POCKET LEATHER ∙ CARGO PANT ∙ FLIGHT PANT
SKIRT ∙ MINI MOTO ∙ BOMBER ∙ BASE LAYER
KNIT DRESS ∙ TANK DRESS ∙ SHIRT JACKET
SUIT ∙ UTILITY TUXEDO

DETAILS: CUTOUTS ∙ ZIPS ∙ WAIST BAND

OTHER: SARTILITY

F.A.Q.

EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE TALKING ABOUT 90S NOSTALGIA. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? WHILE WE ARE NOT, BY NATURE, A NOSTALGIC BUNCH, WE ARE HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. IT’S HUMAN NATURE TO GRAVITATE TO THE FAMILIAR PERHAPS EVEN MORE READILY THAN TO THE NEW. BUT NOTHING IS EVER EXACTLY THE SAME TWICE, IS IT? IT’S A CLICH, BUT TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING.

• WHAT IS THIS HELMUT LANG CODEX YOU KEEP REFERRING TO?
  

THE CODEX IS A LIST OF CLOTHING ARCHETYPES—GARMENTS WE HAVE COME TO RECOGNIZE, OVER THE MORE THAN 3 DECADES OF THE BRAND’S EXISTENCE, AS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY HELMUT LANG COLLECTION. IT’S A SORT OF NORTH STAR, YOU COULD SAY. BUT IT ALWAYS GUIDES US FORWARD TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. AT ANY MOMENT, WE REMAIN OPEN TO THE NEW CIRCUMSTANCES AND POSSIBILITIES BEFORE US.

• SO WHERE ARE YOU GOING FOR AUTUMN/WINTER 2022?
  

THE PREVAILING ATTITUDE THESE DAYS IS ESCAPISM, WHICH IS NORMAL GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT IS CLOTHING THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO EXPRESS THIS URGE? FOR OUR PART, WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL THINGS CAN ALSO BE USEFUL THINGS (OR VICE VERSA) AND THE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN TAILORING AND UTILITY. SOMEONE IN OUR STUDIO HAS DUBBED THIS SARTILITY. MAYBE THAT IS A CONCEPT THAT WILL STICK.

• WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE PIECES FOR FALL 2022?
  

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACTING QUITE STRONGLY TO OUR SHEARLINGS–THE CROPPED JACKET IN RUST. (WE CAN’T SAY WE DIDN’T ANTICIPATE THAT.) BUT THE PANTS
SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED.

• WHO DID YOUR SET?
  

WE WORKED WITH MILA TAYLOR YOUNG TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT TO PRESENT THE FALL/WINTER 22 COLLECTION. WE DISCOVERED SOME INTERESTING CHEMISTRY THERE.
HELMUT LANG. WEAR RESPONSIBLY.