Maisie Wilen Finds the Beauty in the Absurd for FW23
Transforming soccer balls into dresses and plastic bags into scarves.
Maisie Wilen is examining digital culture through fashion for its Fall/Winter 2023 collection, nodding to AI imagery with its absurd yet carefully constructed garments.
Founder Maisie Schloss adds a determined element of play to her latest offering, elevating everyday objects through expert design. Deflated soccer balls are stitched together to form a dress, nodding to inevitable glitches, whereas plastic packaging is attached to a form-fitting gown bearing cropped heads and abstract prints. Lorem Ipsum font cleverly covers a crisp button-down shirt and matching shorts, providing a kraft paper tie for extra levity, while a crinkled paper bag is impossibly fashioned into a mini-dress. Elsewhere, a wide sheer skirt, overflowing with ruffles supplies a heavy dose of whimsy, alongside body-con shifts bearing a multitude of skin-baring cut-outs and glittering ruched tops worn with flared pants.
Accessories arrive in the form of leather handbags, covered with shocked faces and exceptionally slouchy boots, joining scrunched heels.
Take a look at Maisie Wilen’s FW23 collection in the gallery above.
