Coperni RTW Spring 2024 – WWD
Sat 30 Sep
By JOELLE DIDERICH
Not a sound filtered down to the basement bunker where Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer were preparing to unveil their spring collection. No wonder: the state-of-the-art space belongs to the Institute for Research and Co‑ordination in Acoustics and Music, better known as IRCAM, which uses the isolated chamber for acoustic experiments.
“Whenever I have a fabric appointment, I love to listen to the fabric because clothes have a soul, and it’s good to remind yourself of that, especially when your job is to make clothes.”
Sébastien Meyer
“We wanted a collection focused on silence and sound. We absorb more and more images every day and I thought it would be good to return to our primary senses,” Meyer said backstage. “Whenever I have a fabric appointment, I love to listen to the fabric because clothes have a soul, and it’s good to remind yourself of that, especially when your job is to make clothes.”
Coperni’s low-cut tank tops and blouses with overlong sleeves were the sort of elevated basics that give quiet luxury a good name.
Having said that, technology is never far from their minds: Naomi Campbell wore a gray pin-striped suit and lime green blouse with a prototype of a Humane Ai Pin, a computing device from tech start-up Humane that is set to launch on Nov. 9.