MÜNN, just like every season, was one of the strongest and surrealist of shows. Excellence is to be expected from the award-winning designer who’s behind the dark, dramatic duds, Hyun-min Han, who, impressive-as-the-Dongdaemun-Design-Plaza fun fact, has designed stage costumes for K-Pop royalty, BTS. Moody models stormed down the runway in goth-y glam, lunatically-styled looks as what sounded like an intense goth-opera soundtrack blasted, all of which gave ghost-story vibes. Similar to MÜNN’s Spring 2019 collection, the ‘80s-drenched sportswear and streetwear emphasis was back, but this time, in a more elevated way. In other words, goodbye graphics and logos, well hello there massive proportions/massive volumes and fantastic tailoring. Droopy bucket hats and creepy-chic lace face-concealing shrouds were artfully aplenty at the shadowy showing. There were a whole ‘lotta lace-incorporated looks, actually, including lace gloves on both male and female models. The long, witchy skirts, the array of bold blazer options and especially the outerwear were all killer and would fit nicely on a rack at OAK. For those whose style icon is Lydia Deetz, much of this witchy collection is for you. There were some lighter, luminous moments, too, like the white tulle gently ruched over a wide-shouldered, traffic-cone orange blazer X a pinstripe satin gown combo. The slouchy, satin duster with hot pink floral pants over a lurex turtleneck paired with a black bucket hat = also great. The show seemingly left many with a haunted-in-a-good-way lasting impression, with attendees slowly and quietly exiting in a trance-like state.
