NOM*D

Turncoats - The audience in the Sky City Theatre mostly donned in black were rendered invisible in the low light of the cinema. NOM*D chose to present a film for this year’s Fashion Week with models weaving around the tiered theatre showing the 12 looks featured in the film.
The film starts with childlike models swathed in layers of white pinafores, lingerie knits, high pleat and rolled collars made with metres of fabric. These all white outfits are standout pieces in the characteristic NOM*D sea of darkness.
The childlike interaction between the models is reminiscent of the 5 sister in the dark Sophia Coppola movie the Virgin Suicides.
AS the press release stated “all children must grow up”, the film moved from the sweetness of childhood into the angst of teenage years and showed us the NOM*D we are more familiar with, reconfigured vintage, layering, deconstruction and a broken silhouette.
The path into adulthood was worn in layers of purple and red, with the * in NOM*D representing an A, for the nomadic look they took on. The acid version of these colours made the outfits look a little to now, softer versions of these colours would have complemented the timelessness of other pieces.
Nom*d is a dark bed time story, the same character on every page, always a new chapter. In some cases book adaptations don’t come to life, this did. It put across the level of thinking and complexity to what sometimes are outfits that leave you with questions, and truly showed the collaborative talent of all involved in the production of this film.