Behind The Seams: Thierry Boutemy's Wilted Collages

Thierry Boutemy's mood board (left, courtesy of Thierry Boutemy & Jérémy Dhennin); Our Thierry Boutemy for Opening Ceremony COLLAGE PATCH LONG SLEEVE CREWNECK and COLLAGE PATCH SKINNY JEANS

Giant floral cutouts are splattered across T-shirts, jeans, and crepe dresses in the Thierry Boutemy for Opening Ceremony collection, all as vibrant as the real flowers themselves. Yet interestingly enough, certain of the flowers the prints were based on were actually past their prime. “[Thierry] really embraced the whole life of a flower,” the OC design team said. At the shoot, Thierry assembled a six-foot tall bouquet comprised of wilted and dying flowers, and the team photographed the bouquet at various angles to create this collage.

For the collage patch long sleeve crewneck, patches were printed and then transferred onto the shirts. “It’s a technique we’re really excited about because you pretty much get photo-real quality, which was the goal from the start,” the design team said. As for the collage patch skinny jeans, the stretch in the denim made the transfer technique impossible. Instead, the patches were printed and then sewn onto the pants. “We really liked the idea of something three-dimensional.”

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