Founder and creative director, Simon Cracker
Simone Botte
Italian
Milan-based designer who began the label in 2010 by taking apart and remaking found garments. Working with deadstock, discarded materials and second-hand clothing, he has built Simon Cracker into an upcycling label whose Milan Fashion Week shows mix punk attitude with critiques of the luxury system.
Houses
Their runway, measured
50 looks in 4 showsNext to every runway we track, Simone Botte's looks are more muted, more neutral, warmer and less colour-blocked.
Colours
- Charcoal · 2.6× the average32%
- Grey · 3.3× the average19%
- Black17%
- White7%
- Pink · 2.8× the average6%
- Khaki / olive3%
- Ivory / cream3%
- Forest green · 3.4× the average2%
Share of garment area across their looks; × is against every runway.
Colour and surface
- Lightness37/100about average · all runways 39/100
- Colour saturation7.4more muted · all runways 12.6
- Neutrals81%more neutral · all runways 60%
- Warm hues80%warmer · all runways 70%
- Tonal looks36%about average · all runways 33%
- Colour-blockingΔE 28less colour-blocked · all runways ΔE 35
- Surface texture3.57smoother · all runways 5.06
- Sheen0.058about average · all runways 0.065
What sets them apart
Shapes, fabrics and details they use far more often than other designers.
Silhouettes
- Asymmetric 62%3.9×
- Oversized 60%2.1×
- Straight / tubular 34%
- Tiered / layered volume 30%4.5×
- Draped 22%1.8×
Materials
- Wool / tailoring cloth 60%2.0×
- Jersey 48%3.2×
- Cotton / poplin 44%1.4×
- Knit 22%
- Silk / satin 16%32% less
Details
- Raw / frayed hems 68%7.0×
- Exposed seams / deconstruction 58%11.2×
- Cut-away / asymmetric hem 58%3.8×
- Distressing 34%11.8×
- Patchwork 32%5.6×
Patterns
- Ombre / gradient 14%6.3×
- Colour-block 8%1.4×
- Patchwork print 6%3.1×
- Stripes 6%
- Check / plaid 4%
Mood
- Subversive 76%6.7×
- Edgy 54%3.5×
- Relaxed 32%
- Romantic 24%1.5×
- Nostalgic 22%1.5×
Era references
- 1990s 26%3.5×
- Victorian 4%
- 1970s 4%64% less
- 1980s 2%65% less
From the AI tags on 50 of their looks. A designer is credited with a house's shows while they lead it; ×: how much more often than across all 25,892 measured looks.
