The world is completely insane. Consider this: Before They Pass Away, the book that inspired Ohne Titel’s Pre-Fall collection, documents 31 indigenous tribes from around the world, people who still live in a way most of us only experience via visits to a history museum or readings in college anthropology classes. Meanwhile, on the same planet, Ohne Titel designer Flora Gill’s husband is making space suits for NASA. (The things you learn at showroom appointments…) By analogy, you might say that this collection fused the tribal and the technical. The tribal was to be found in the copious stripes and graphic knit-in patterns—a non-literal nod to the body painting done by tribes in Ethiopia. The technical, on the other hand, was of course to be discovered in Gill and partner Alexa Adams’ remarkable knits, which they continue to advance. The most intriguing knit development here was a sideways rib, used on skirts, which read as a kind of soft pleat. (There were also shorter, traditionally pleated skirts, which featured a cool foil stripe that gave the pieces a bit of unexpected shine.) What felt newest in this lineup, however, were the long, lean silhouettes: Ohne Titel is known for its abbreviated, fit-and-flare shapes, but this season’s fitted knit pencil skirts and dresses deserve to be added to the brand’s list of staples. A pair of vertically striped, high-waisted trousers were even more attenuated—the woman who wears them will feel, and look, a mile tall. Perhaps the single best item in the collection overall, though, was the short knit tank, zipped wet suit-style, which Adams and Gill used as a layering piece throughout—a versatile garment, especially handy for adding a punch of color to an outfit. The tribe of Ohne Titel fans will snap it up.
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