Nicéphore Imanuür introduces his first collection, “Mitosis”, a study in cellular duplication rendered through silhouette, material, and controlled distortion. The collection proposes a body in division, an identity fragmenting, replicating, and persisting across new configurations, using the biological process of mitosis as both metaphor and structural logic.
The collection is built around two silhouettes, Mother and Daughter. They function as a sartorial analogue to a mother cell generating its daughter cell. The Mother silhouette operates as an originating matrix, while the Daughter emerges as an altered and influenced replica. Across both, mutation becomes a design principle. Some garments appear caught mid-movement, with fabrics wrapped around the body as though suspended within a sudden atmospheric rupture. Others are marked by brown sutures that cross the surface like regenerative seams, evoking the slow repair of living tissue.
In other looks, the silhouettes shift and crease to reveal anatomical deviations. Gill-like openings, arched limbs, and forms that feel reminiscent of malformations extend the idea of duplication into transformation, suggesting that replication inevitably produces divergence. The body becomes redrawn through its own imperfections.
Materiality anchors “Mitosis”. Latex, leather, denim, silk, and wool interact in a dialogue between wet luster and matte restraint, reinforcing the tension between organic growth and constructed form. Brass buttons and wide belts studded with oxidized rivets accumulate across the silhouettes, multiplying until they saturate the garments. Their density functions as a mechanical suture, forming a network of fixation points that keeps the pieces in a sustained state of tension, suspended between ornamentation and structural necessity.
The jewelry originates from the “Relics” series, extending the cellular narrative into metallic form. Sterling silver earcuffs shaped with organic irregularities and necklaces set with green tourmaline appear as mineral extensions of the body, artefacts of a system evolving beyond its biological limits.
The palette oscillates between abyss and light, balancing ivory, black, and the muted radiance of aged brass. Together these tones establish an atmosphere of controlled decay and cold sensuality, positioning the collection within a space where deterioration and refinement coexist.
“Mitosis” examines heredity and mutation. It proposes a process in which each form engenders the next, adapting through reduction and alteration, similar to a language simplifying itself in order to endure. Through this first collection, Nicéphore Imanuür articulates a world where division becomes creation and where identity survives by continuously rewriting its own architecture.
Photos: Courtesy of Nicéphore Imanuür
Creative Direction: @nicephoreimanuur
Photography: @millecontact
On-Set Stylist: @nass.heulin
Hair: @_lenita.h_
Makeup: @chloe.kz
Set Assistant: @cznjane
Dresser: @aurelianecat
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