Moschino Menswear 2023

This was Scott’s first all-menswear show since joining the house. Hitherto he has always sprinkled resort belles amongst his butch menswear bros. This only served to accentuate the confident continuity inherent in Scott’s menswear: before this partnership with Viramontes’s estate there were collections with Judy Blame in 2017 and Gilbert & George in 2016 that featured similar pentimento experiments in layered illustrated texture. Scott said Madonna had regaled him with stories of her ’80s high-jinx with Viramontes, and the artist also was engaged with the designer’s beloved Buffalo movement. So this fresh collaboration made perfect thematic sense, while the collection itself remained tangibly all-Scott. As he said afterwards: “You will have different themes and inspirations. But I’m always trying to bring my own love, passion and ways of doing things to it.” After what seems like a way-too-long absence, this return of Moschino-via-Scott to its home turf was delightful.

Images courtesy of Moschino.