Cultural influences · SS27
Central Asia
17 looks from 6 houses drew on Central Asia traditions: 1 in 112 shows this season.
Who borrowed it
Every pairing →17 of the 17 looks came from houses based outside the tradition's home country, 17 of them from another region of the world.
- From another region 17
Which cultures
Share of the region's 17 looks. “Unspecified” when the element is shared across the region.
What kind of reference
The elements
Looks drawing on each, and the houses that showed it- Adras / atlas ikat · print / dye technique15 looks
Caro Editions · Emporio Armani · Etro · Franck Sorbier · Loro Piana
- Ikat / patola · print / dye technique2 looks
On the runway
Up to three looks per house, strongest first
Franck Sorbier · Look 23 · Paris
- Adras / atlas ikat
France → Uzbekistan
“Bold blurred-edge ikat medallions in red, yellow, black and white on velvet pile, typical of Uzbek silk-velvet (baghmal) ikat; used as trim bands and collar insert.”
Emporio Armani · Look 75 · Milan
- Adras / atlas ikat
Italy → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Large blurred-edge abstract motifs with feathered, streaky warp-direction outlines typical of ikat; neutral grey-cream palette; could also read as Indian or Southeast Asian ikat.”
Caro Editions · Look 27 · Copenhagen
- Adras / atlas ikat
Denmark → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Pink-and-white feathered diamond/lozenge ikat pattern with blurred edges, resembling Uzbek adras; could also read as Indian or Southeast Asian ikat. Likely printed rather than woven.”
La Bagatelle · Look 14 · Copenhagen
- Ikat / patola
Denmark → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Feathered, blurred-edge magenta flame bands on blue ground typical of ikat; could equally draw on Uzbek adras, Indian or Southeast Asian ikat, or Andean weaving.”
Emporio Armani · Look 76 · Milan
- Adras / atlas ikat
Italy → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Feathered, blurred-edge abstract motifs typical of warp ikat; could be Uzbek adras, Indian or Southeast Asian ikat, or an ikat-effect print in muted grey-ivory.”
Emporio Armani · Look 77 · Milan
- Adras / atlas ikat
Italy → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Feathered, blurred-edge flame-like motifs in grey and cream on textured panels, typical ikat resist patterning; could also be Indian or Southeast Asian ikat; muted palette.”
Caro Editions · Look 24 · Copenhagen
- Adras / atlas ikat
Denmark → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Blurred-edge zigzag/diamond ikat pattern in lilac, pink and cream; could equally read as Indian or Southeast Asian ikat; likely printed rather than woven.”
Loro Piana · Look 28 · Milan
- Adras / atlas ikat
Italy → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Motifs with blurred, feathered edges imitate warp-ikat bleeding, with curling hook and heart forms in brown and black. Could also read as Indian or Southeast Asian ikat, or animal print.”
Etro · Look 26 · Milan
- Adras / atlas ikat
Italy → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Large abstract blotches with blurred, feathered edges typical of warp-ikat, rendered in knit. Could also read as Indian or Southeast Asian ikat.”
Etro · Look 32 · Milan
- Adras / atlas ikat
Italy → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Feathered, blurred-edge abstract medallion shapes in green, rust, teal and cream mimic ikat dye bleed; printed on metallic jersey. Could equally reference Indian or Southeast Asian ikat.”
Etro · Look 39 · Milan
- Adras / atlas ikat
Italy → Central Asian (unspecified)
“Large-scale brown and cream motifs with blurred, feathered edges typical of warp ikat. Could also read as Indonesian or Indian ikat; likely printed rather than woven.”
The houses
6 houses, by looks drawing on Central Asia traditionsFrom another region
- Emporio Armani · 9 looks · adras / atlas ikat, ikat / patola Italy
- Etro · 3 looks · adras / atlas ikat Italy
- Caro Editions · 2 looks · adras / atlas ikat Denmark
- Franck Sorbier · 1 look · adras / atlas ikat France
- La Bagatelle · 1 look · ikat / patola Denmark*
- Loro Piana · 1 look · adras / atlas ikat Italy
Where it was shown
Share of each fashion week's looksHow we read it
Read from the runway photographs by our AI tagger: an element counts when it is recognisably drawn from a specific dress or craft tradition and the tagger is at least 60% confident. It describes the clothes only, never the person wearing them, and it is not a statement by the house.
A look is borrowed when the house that showed it is based outside the country the tradition comes from. We compare the house's base (recorded, or inferred from the one national fashion week it shows at) with the tradition the tagger named. Traditions the tagger could only place by region, such as “West African”, count as borrowed only when the house is based outside that region. For Indigenous traditions a house based on the same territory may or may not belong to the community, so those looks are marked “can’t tell”. A house’s base says nothing about its designers’ own heritage, and borrowing is not a verdict: it can be collaboration, homage or appropriation, which the photographs can’t show.