Ludovic de Saint Sernin Brand
Ludovic De Saint Sernin Presents His New Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Luxferity, 05.11.2024
For Spring/Summer 2025, Ludovic de Saint Sernin takes the sartorial language of dance as a point of departure. The flowing gowns worn by the Tanztheater Wuppertal across Pina Bausch’s oeuvre; Rudolf Nureyev’s emblematic outfits both in the studio and on stage; Robert Mapplethorpe’s prolific documentation of professional dancers… here, the designer teases out the artistic medium’s intrinsic tension between statuesque poise and carnal flair. Assumptions of properness are playfully subverted through the designer’s libidinal design sensibility – ballet staples pirouette into the territory of bondage, with innocence and eros distilled into each look.
Silver Pearl Moneta Clip-on Earrings
Fabrics express a sense of dancerly movement, with raw-edged jackets composed of fluttering layers of virgin wool. Low-slung leather briefs feature quivering ostrich plumes, while vests and boleros are painstakingly embroidered with artfully arranged goose feathers. In virginal white and ink black, they express the Black Swan duality at the collection’s heart – not to mention the designer’s obsession with meticulous craft, a quality that will take centre stage in Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s forthcoming haute couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier.
Black Knight
Layered jersey tank tops come in gossamer tawny chiffon, or are reimagined in filmy white cotton, constructed with knotted harness necklines. Side-laced training shorts and a leotard are constructed in leather, the latter featuring sensuous hipbone-baring cutouts and Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s signature eyelet trim. Chocolate leather bralettes descend into grommeted coils that snake around the body, revealing peeks of skin beneath. They’re worn with puddling mermaid skirts in pastel metal mesh and translucent sequinned chiffon.
My Twin Toi & Moi 0,15ct x2 Ring
Brand signatures are both subtly reimagined – the lace-up closures on denim jeans are replaced with a traditional button fly; the bands of calfskin wrap skirt are laced without the band’s signature hardware detailing – and doubled down on. Sheath dresses and trousers are constructed using Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s inimitable laced strap technique, and eyeletstudded chaps emanate leather bar sleaze, an intrinsic feature of the brand lexicon. Layered under amply cut trench coats and bomber jackets in suede, each look is for the journey from the dance rehearsal to the darkroom.
Move Titanium Bangle
This season, in lieu of a fashion show, Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s vision is brought to life through an evocative image series. Lensed by Adam Peter Johnson, the high-contrast shots of balletic poses are imbued with an arresting severity, while Carlos Nazario’s styling brings an air of nonchalant elegance to even the most daring of pieces. In its ensemble, the pictures bear out the delicate interplay of light and dark – the innocent and the erotic – at the heart of Ludovic de Saint Sernin.
Silver & Gold Grand Codi The Snail Ring
Move Noa Full Pavé Bangle
Award Backpack Italian Leather Black
f-41 Black On Aviator Strap
Move Black Titanium Cord Bracelet
