Review of Christopher Kane Spring 2023 Ad Campaign by Creative Director Christopher Kane and Tammy Kane with Photographer Sharna Osborne with models Litay, Chunjin, & Tara-Jo Tashna
Science and Nature are a constant source of inspiration for Christopher Kane. The Spring 2023 collection is a celebration of the beauty and complexity of the human body and is clearly translated into the campaign.
As in the show, the campaign highlights the clear skeletal structures that hold and cinch the upper body with miniscule buckles, emphasising the strength and importance of the abdominal area and exterior muscles. These skeletal frames hold delicate sweet lingerie inspired dresses with splits that expose the longest and strongest bone in the body, the Femur.
Outfits featuring applique anatomical cross section drawings of hands, arms, legs and feet are symbolic of power and strength. Muscle and Bone intimidate and seduce simultaneously. Shoes have blade like points that are both brutal and sweet, sometimes horns sometimes swallow wings.
In an era of women struggling against political regimes for rights to control their bodies the campaign wisely addresses social topics and raises conversation. It is an excellent example of fashion holding a mirror up to society as well as a microscope to ourselves.
Christopher Kane Creative Director | Christopher Kane
Art Director | David Bailey Ross
Creative Director | Christopher Kane and Tammy Kane
Photographer | Sharna Osborne
Models | Litay, Chunjin, & Tara-Jo Tashna
Stylist | Léopold Duchemin
Hair | Sarah Jo Palmer
Makeup | Vassilis Theotokis
Casting Director | Emma Matell
Set Designer | Polly Philp
DOP – Charlie Knight
Production – 360 PM
Lighting – Pro Lighting