For autumn/winter 2016, Michael Gkini of aptform experiments with leather and knit techniques in a fusion of two motifs often thought to be diametrically opposed.
Inspired by the beauty of living flora, Michael expresses plant life’s artistic form through the medium of hand-painted techniques—all of which he sets on the backdrop of industrialism.
He names the collection “Movement 5: Untitled.”
Michael Gkinis was born 1973 in Thessaloniki, Greece, and graduated from the London College of Fashion in Fashion Design and Technology. He now resides in Tokyo, Japan.
For further reading on Michael Gkinis and aptform, please go to the following artice:
aptform—Where Greece Meets Japan
Photo & slideshow 2016 a/w collection “Movement 5: Untitled,” Copyright aptform.