Inside the Maison de l’UNESCO in Paris, the LOEWE show space is populated by the Neo-Dada sculptures of Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo (1935 – 1990) alongside furnishings and an important replace designed by E.W. Godwin (1833 – 1886). Though a seemingly incongruous pairing, Godwin’s contribution to the Arts & Crafts tradition was heavily in uenced by Victorian Japonisme, forming a sober complement to Kudo’s grotesque Post-Human microcosms.

Questioning the facade of the introvert, the LOEWE Women’s Fall Winter 2018 collection designed by creative director Jonathan Anderson inhabits a pensive space where the organic meets the industrial. Disrupted by decadent moments of primitivism, austerity reigns – as shapes nod to the mid-century shifted through a contemporary lens.