Milan Fashion Week SS25 · Runway show Womenswear
La DoubleJ
By J.J. Martin. 59 looks, shown 17 September 2024 in Milan.
The collection, look by look
MILANO MODA DONNA - 17/23 SETTEMBRE 2024 · SS25Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.
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Who designs La DoubleJ
ladoublej.com ↗Founder and creative director
J.J. Martin
Since 2015 · about 11 years
American
Born in Los Angeles, Martin worked as a fashion journalist and editor for titles including Harper's Bazaar and Wallpaper* after moving to Milan. She launched La DoubleJ in 2015 as an online magazine selling vintage clothing, then built a ready-to-wear and homeware line printed with archive silk patterns from a Lake Como silk maker. The label shows in Milan.
Their runway style →Traditions in the collection
Cultural influences →8 of La DoubleJ's 74 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Italy.
Kolhapuri chappal · India · South Asia3 looksItaly → India
“Flat leather slide with wide vamp band and separate big-toe ring loop, punched/scalloped decorative leather edges; reworked in turquoise leather with oversized crystals.”
Celtic interlace / insular knotwork · Ireland · European folk & regional dressLook 69Italy → Ireland
“Knotwork bands, zoomorphic interlaced beasts and running-spiral borders in Insular manuscript style (Book of Kells type). Could also be Scottish or Anglo-Saxon Insular art.”
Celtic insular knotwork / zoomorphic interlace · Ireland · European folk & regional dressLook 54Italy → Ireland
“Vertical bands of interlaced zoomorphic beasts with biting heads, triskele-like spirals and trumpet curves typical of Insular manuscript art (Book of Kells style); could equally be Scottish/Pictish Celtic.”
Celtic spiral / triskele motif · Ireland · European folk & regional dressLook 58Italy → Ireland
“Repeated triple-spiral triskele roundels, trumpet-spiral scrolls and framed panels in insular manuscript style on burgundy and teal silk. Could equally be Scottish/pan-Celtic insular art.”
Celtic triskele / spiral motif · European (unspecified) · European folk & regional dressLook 33Own region
“Large interlocking triple-spiral triskeles and small triquetra-like knots near hem, recalling Insular Celtic or La Tène art (Irish, Scottish or Breton); enlarged and recoloured as a placement print.”
- Celtic knotwork · Ireland · European folk & regional dressLook 58
Italy → Ireland
“Interlaced endless-knot panel in insular knotwork style on scarf tip, framed by bordered geometric bands. Could also be Scottish/pan-Celtic insular art.”
Celtic knotwork interlace · European (unspecified) · European folk & regional dressLook 60Own region
“All-over print of continuous over-under interlaced bands forming knot loops with triangular infill, typical of Insular Celtic knotwork (Irish/Scottish), recoloured in pink, olive and black.”
- Celtic knot and spiral motif · Ireland · European folk & regional dressLook 54
Italy → Ireland
“Square interlaced endless-knot panels and running spiral (wave) borders on silk scarf, matching Celtic knotwork vocabulary; broader Celtic alternatives (Scotland) possible.”
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