{"id":47145,"date":"2012-09-18T17:46:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T21:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=47145"},"modified":"2012-09-18T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T21:50:09","slug":"martin-lim-ss-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/martin-lim-ss-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Lim S\/S 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The name Martin Lim<\/a> might not be familiar to you yet, but trust us this is one up and coming label you’ll want to get to know. While the moniker “Martin Lim” might sound like the work of one man, there are actually two talented designers behind the line. Husband and wife design team Danielle Martin and Pao Lim honed their skills at design houses like Christian Lacroix and Roland Mouret and winning a scholarship at Central Saint Martins before launching their own brand. The ensembles are a striking fusion of streamlined silhouettes and rich fabrics and the label has been quietly garnering buzz on the Montreal fashion scene. With the designers set to make their NYFW debut next season, it only seems fitting to introduce their stylish wares to a broader audience.<\/p>\n

Spring’s Martin Lim showing, Martin & Lim looked to the innovative spirit of the roaring twenties and its dazzling art, but mixed in a contemporary flair by also incorporating in modern touches. The collection moved from the abstract – candy colored dresses with surrealist touches, to the classic – floral print shifts that seemed ready for an evening out. This diverse and fresh take on spring’s feminine focus offered a welcome change from the usual fashion suspects. <\/p>\n

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Pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e \u00e0 la Semaine de mode de Montr\u00e9al, la collection du duo de cr\u00e9ateurs MARTIN LIM fut un croisement entre la gr\u00e2ce de la fleur berc\u00e9e par le vent et le c\u00f4t\u00e9 graphique des v\u00eatements de sport. L\u2019opposition joua le r\u00f4le de mot cl\u00e9 cette saison, repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e tant\u00f4t par des silhouettes amples et l\u00e9g\u00e8res en soie, tant\u00f4t par d\u2019autres plus massives aux insertions de jacquard et de cuir. Pour Danielle MARTIN et Pao LIM, tous deux gradu\u00e9s de la ma\u00eetrise au Central Saint Martins, la simplicit\u00e9 ing\u00e9nue prime comme \u00e0 l\u2019habitude, que ce soit dans le drap\u00e9 fluide de la robe de soir\u00e9e ou dans les coupes g\u00e9om\u00e9triques des pi\u00e8ces. Faisant \u00e9cho aux oeuvres de l\u2019artiste minimaliste Ellsworth Kelly, quelques pi\u00e8ces accrocheuses aux appliqu\u00e9s d\u2019immenses p\u00e9tales de fleurs ajout\u00e8rent une touche raffin\u00e9e et d\u2019audace. La collection se distingua particuli\u00e8rement par sa palette de couleurs vive rappelant les pigments fruit\u00e9s et estivaux de la saison – tangerine, papaya, tea rose, aqua. Bien que les agencements inusit\u00e9s d\u2019imprim\u00e9s – quasi fluos sans toutefois \u00eatre tape-\u00e0-l\u2019oeil – furent un des points forts les plus marquants, les biker jackets revisit\u00e9s et port\u00e9s en version \u00aboversize\u00bb furent un coup de coeur pour leur allure massive, mais tr\u00e8s propre. Des ensembles structur\u00e9s surgirent quelques tra\u00eenes semi-transparentes qui flott\u00e8rent derri\u00e8re les mannequins, question d\u2019all\u00e9ger le tout. MARTIN LIM est une paire prometteuse, ayant d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une identit\u00e9 forte c\u00f4t\u00e9 modernisme et explorant le myst\u00e9rieux tout en gardant la joie de vivre contagieuse que procure leurs cr\u00e9ations.<\/p>\n

French text by Zola Lim<\/a>
\nEnglish text by Janelle Okwodu
\nPhotos by Kelly Stock<\/a><\/p>\n

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