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World Needs
Some Cold

World Needs Some Cold outerwear mood direction

Intro

World Needs Some Cold is a Fall/Winter RTW project with an outerwear focus.

The collection explores the idea of iconic cold-weather garments, combining protection, functionality and strong visual impact through material contrasts, oversized volumes, knitwear inserts and layered surfaces.

Developed around a reflection on climate change and environmental instability, the project imagines a colder winter wardrobe where outerwear becomes both protective and expressive.

Concept

The project starts from a reflection on climate and environmental change, and from the desire to imagine a more natural and stable ecosystem.

Cold becomes both a threat and a design language: garments are built as protective layers, combining technical surfaces, soft textures, transparent elements and sculptural volumes.

World Needs Some Cold approved colour palette

Colour
Direction

The palette combines icy pastels, muted greens, cold blues, soft pinks, deep burgundy and black.

Pale tones bring lightness and transparency, while darker greens, burgundy and black create depth, protection and contrast.

Material
Direction

The collection is built around decisive but elegant material contrasts.

Opaque surfaces are combined with eco-fur, glossy coated nylon with transparent georgette, and faux leather with chunky knitwear.

Knitwear is interpreted mainly through heavy-gauge structures, with cables and bobble stitches used as textural and protective elements.

Outerwear
Direction

Iconic outerwear is the core of the project.

Long puffers, cape-like layers, faux-leather coats, padded biker jackets, kimono volumes and detachable elements are developed to create garments that feel functional, protective and visually strong.

Four design
languages

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Material Mix

A group built around the encounter between technical and delicate surfaces: coated nylon, eco-fur, georgette and layered contrasts.

The silhouettes explore protective outerwear with a strong visual presence, balancing volume, function and material tension.

Material Mix outfit 01
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Knit Love

A knitwear-focused group where heavy-gauge structures become part of the outerwear language.

Chunky cables, bobble stitches and wool textures are combined with protective shapes, transforming knitwear into a warm, dimensional and structural element.

Knit Love outfit 04
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Knit Love outfit 05
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Chic Green

A group exploring colder greens and softer protective tones through functional garments, layered volumes and refined material contrasts.

The mood is more grounded and wearable, while keeping the collection's focus on winter protection and visual identity.

Chic Green outfit 07
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Chic Green outfit 08
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Luxury

A more elevated and scenographic group, where padded volumes, expressive silhouettes and refined surface details bring the outerwear language closer to occasionwear.

Protection becomes decorative, generous and visually charged.

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Selected
Development

Technical Development

This section focuses on selected outfits from the collection, showing how the outerwear direction is translated into construction, material combinations and product logic.

The developments highlight padding, quilting, detachable elements, knitwear inserts, faux-leather contrasts, embroidery placement and functional garment details.

They are intended as proof of design thinking and product interpretation, not as a complete industrial production package.

Outfit 3 - Long Nylon Down Puffer | Cape Layer

Outfit 3 - Long Nylon Down Puffer | Cape Layer fashion figure

A long down puffer look built around protection, volume and layered outerwear function.

The puffer is developed in nylon with down padding, a double-slider metal zip, high collar and ribbed cuffs. The lower part opens into a skirt-like construction with diamond-quilted panels, creating volume and movement.

The look is completed with a matte nylon cape layer, featuring a sail collar, metal zip, front pocket and wide sleeves with double rotated flounces.

long puffer | real down padding | diamond quilting | cape layer | matte nylon | protective volume

Long puffer
Long puffer technical front
Front
Cape layer
Cape layer technical front
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Outfit 4 - Faux-Leather Coat | Knit Inserts

Outfit 4 - Faux-Leather Coat | Knit Inserts fashion figure

A long faux-leather coat where outerwear construction is softened and enriched through chunky knitwear inserts.

The coat is developed in faux leather with a soft fit that expands toward the hem. Covered snap buttons, applied pockets and a high belt define the construction.

Pure wool knit inserts in heavy gauge create a contrast with the faux-leather surface. The stitch direction combines cables and bobble stitches, with full knit sleeves and structured finishing.

faux leather | knit inserts | cables | bobble stitch | topstitching | belted construction

Faux-leather coat
Faux-leather coat technical front
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Faux-leather coat technical back
Back

Outfit 5 - Knitted Cape and Shorts Set

Outfit 5 - Knitted Cape and Shorts Set fashion figure

A full knitwear set translating cold-weather protection into a cape and shorts construction.

The set is developed in a wool and cashmere blend, using heavy-gauge continuous cable stitch across both garments.

The cape is designed as a pull-on piece with internal synthetic down padding, turning knitwear into a protective outer layer. The shorts are lined, not padded, and finished with an internal waistband elastic for comfort and wearability.

knitted cape | shorts set | continuous cables | wool-cashmere blend | fake-down padding | heavy gauge knitwear

Knitted cape
Knitted cape technical front
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Knitted cape technical back
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Knitted shorts
Knitted shorts technical front
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Knitted shorts technical back
Back

Outfit 9 - Embroidered Kimono Puffer

Outfit 9 - Embroidered Kimono Puffer fashion figure

A kimono-volume puffer where padding, softness and embroidery create an elevated outerwear expression.

The garment is developed as a down puffer with a generous kimono volume, wide padded collar and side-shifted fastening.

The fit is soft and ample, controlled by a waist belt. The sleeves are wide, with asymmetrical embroidery and an internal elastic cuff at the wrist designed to protect from the cold.

Large welt pockets complete the garment.

kimono volume | real down padding | wide collar | waist belt | asymmetrical embroidery | protective cuff

Kimono puffer
Kimono puffer technical front
Front
Kimono puffer technical back
Back

Material
Board

World Needs Some Cold final material board