“When I design a new collection, I love to erase the line between creating casual, elegant and graceful styles, and timeless, everlasting items. Why can’t they be both?

Art has always been an influence, a means of enriching MUNTHE’s design thinking.

Using art as a motivation in this way; is all about seeing the interest and the beauty in every detail, and depict it in other creations. The Suprematist paintings of Ukraine-born Kazimir Malevich are one of the main influences in this Spring Summer 23 collection.

Time spent observing his work leads to an understanding of the visual language that Malevich developed, which can then be applied to fashion design. There are so many clues in his paintings to find atypical ways to organize shades, geometrical forms, lines and especially his significant color palette, has been an endless source for inspiration.“

– Naja Munthe, Creative Director and founder of MUNTHE.

MUNTHE SS23 INSPIRATION

The starting point of the Spring Summer 2023 collection is the Suprematism movement and the color-work of Kazimir Malevich. Around 1913, strongly influenced by avant-garde, a new art movement took place: Suprematism. It is paintings, which do not have a particular motive, instead it is a composition of abstract colorful arrangements.

Emerald green, cornflower, powder blue, mushroom grey, and pure white added with a drop of vibrant orange and caramel show that the choice of the color-palette is clearly a major milestone in this process.

Inspired by the drenched, wildflower laden fields of Scandinavia and recreated in prints, this is for all the flower-loving souls. And somehow, these styles, featuring forest-strawberry-plants and tiny green leaves on a light background, manage to be both adoring and edgy at the same time.

This Spring Summer 23 collection is also devoted to stripes, as a staple mainstay. A preferred print with a decade-long story as a substitute for “classic”. Breton, nautical or pinstripes – there is a variation for everyone.

Art is at the core of MUNTHE, and collaborations with female artists, is a reoccurrence each season. For the Spring Summer 2023 collection, MUNTHE has teamed up with British artist Rosa Roberts. The London based artist has hand made a special art print, that is used for a selection of exclusive silk styles. The dark green and crisp white colors of Roberts art, plays well with the collection in its whole.

See my favourite looks below: