“Everyone wears clothes and everyone sleeps, I just saw a fun connection,” said Nicklas Skovgaard of his pajama party of a collection. At the show, guests sat on beds, some of which were also occupied by restless sleepers in bathrobes. Apart from that there was nothing drowsy about this fast-paced and surprisingly sexy show.
It can’t be easy to get intimate in one of Skovgaard’s sculptural lifesaver dresses, which create a distance between two bodies, but that issue was rectified by the just-rolled-out-of-bed underwear looks. There were also more separates, a category the designer is slowly developing. And in other news, he made a dream come true for many by offering menswear for the first time.
The sleep theme allowed Skovgaard to play with the sculptural aspect of his work in new ways. “I wanted to work on a collection that felt quite comforting in a way and felt quite soft,” he said. Duvet dressing was one of the ways he created volume; he also bolstered looks with bouncy and colorful tulle petticoats. Most surprising was the introduction of sporty elements like a windbreaker and biker shorts into the mix. Yet sleep is a form of wellness. “Whether you sleep well or you sleep bad, it really affects the morning after,” he noted. “If I sleep really well, I have [more energy] to get dressed for the day; I feel like I can try something out in terms of what I’m putting on.”
The news cycle being what it is, many are turning to sleep as a form of escapism. Ever optimistic, Skovgaard dreams of a “place to feel really safe, and a place of hope, in a way.”
