A pair of Berlin-based designers treated the New York Fashion Week crowd to an intriguing vagina-themed runway show.
Nan Li and Emilia Pfohl, the duo behind Namilia, presented their Spring Summer 2018 collection on Saturday night.
Models walked in eye-catching ensembles marrying pastel colors with darker tones, many with vagina embellishments from shoulders to toes.
Imaginative: A pair of Berlin-based designers treated the New York Fashion Week crowd to an intriguing vagina-themed runway show
Risque: Outfits such as this one had strategically placed cuts displaying the models’ anatomy
Big reveal: Nan Li and Emilia Pfohl, the duo behind Namilia, presented their Spring Summer 2018 collection (pictured) on Saturday night
Literary: Pfohl and Li, who met at the University Of The Arts Berlin, paired a pair of cut-out black pants with a vagina-stitched white jacket
Curves: Some of the silhouettes departed from the vagina theme and instead added huge globes on top of the model’s breasts
The two designers managed to integrate lady bits shapes into the geometry of their outfits, such as the opening of a blazer, or a pair of puff sleeves.
Their finale dress consisted of a memorable Marie-Antoinette-style gown wide enough to take up the entire runway, with pink and red vaginas etched all across the skirt part.
Pfohl and Li, who met at the University Of The Arts Berlin, were inspired for their collection by The Indiscreet Jewels, Denis Diderots’ first novel, published anonymously in 1748.
In the work of fiction, the French philosopher uses an allegory to tell the story of King Louis XV of France, who in Diderot’s novel owns a ring with the power to make women’s genitals (their ‘jewels’) talk.
Pattern: Models walked in eye-catching ensembles marrying pastel colors with darker tones, many with vagina embellishments from shoulders to toes
Ambitious: One outfit made it seem as though a model was being embraced by a tentacled creature (left) while the other completely bared her buttocks (right)
Formal? The duo also figured out how to use the vagina shape for the opening of a blazer
Imaginative: Another model looked as though she was being braced by giant tentacles as she walked down the runway
Anatomy: The designers also included this ensemble with cartoonishly large breasts in their latest collection at New York Fashion Week
Details: Li and Pfohl made sure their outfits were captivating front and back, with a completely cut-out black ensemble (left) and a scary-looking creature (right) embracing a model
This is not the first time the designers, who describe their clothing as ‘an aesthetic tool and a visual platform to express their beliefs, conflicts and dreams’, have used human anatomy as a source of inspiration.
Their Spring Summer 2016 collection, titled My P***y, My Choice’, featured penises as a central element of its designs.
That collection was their first, and the two have since released four more.
For the Fall Winter 2016 season, their theme of choice was Feel The Heat. Spring Summer 2017 became You’re Just A Toy, while Fall Winter 2017 was Join The Resistance.
Proportions: Some of the duo’s silhouettes featured high collars and long sleeves but were cut out to reveal the models’ chests
Proud: Pfohl and Li walked out with the model wearing their finale dress, a memorable Marie-Antoinette-style gown wide enough to take up the entire runway
Interesting: The designers seemed to be inspired by various creatures to create their outfits, giving one model a fishtail (left) while another sported whiskers (right)
Precious: One model sported a purple garment with golden accents and pearly embellishments, included what looked like nipple pasties on the top part
Captivating: The designers also played with white tulle (left) to accentuate a model’s chest, while they gave another a wide, medieval-style gown (right)
Revealing: This model’s cut-out outfit, made out of black and silver fabric, showed off a small tattoo on the right side of her chest