Inside Slickfit’s new ‘Altered’ collection

Connie Aluoch

The Slickfit brand, led by Creative Director Godwin A. Ideho, has just released its ‘Altered’ collection. Inspired by the idea that modern identity is neither uniform nor polished, but rather layered, experimental, and at times asymmetrical, Godwin channels this philosophy into every piece.

The collection mirrors this vision by embracing both its strengths and the raw edges that come with pushing beyond traditional fashion rules.

The fast emerging brand is known to go for the unconventional with their styles and cuts. This is no different.

The collection featured a range of menswear and womenswear lines, which showcased a good amount of colours and a number of unusual details, which work to set the brand apart. The offerings included suits, blazers, jackets, pants for both men and women. Although the brand employs certain details to ensure a fresh and modern look, some aspects of this collection could have been better.

The first thing that worked was the menswear, especially with the brown looking piece, which came on very strong, with an attention to tailoring and fitting. The silhouettes were very clean and sharp and the hemlines looked professionally done. The belting technique was an added genius.

However, the cuts on the jacket could have been better thought out. The idea of the asymmetrical hemlines on the blazers left the pieces looking more uneven than creative. It takes a lot more effort to overturn the rules of symmetry and balance to create something individual yet functional.

The womenswear on the other hand, included a lot of colour, which was indeed fantastic and effective, as colours appeal to the women folk.

The aspects that could have been better has to do with the tailoring and finish, which quite honestly kills a lot of designs today. It can be very tricky working with light textured fabrics, because if they aren’t hemmed or joined or sewn right, they come off as tacky.

A little more to the tailoring of the women’s line and it could have been a much stronger collection. That being said, each designer is entitled to their own individual aesthetic and means of interpretation. Moreover, Slickfit’s fascination with hybrid silhouettes, disrupted tailoring and an appetite for bold colours is welcomed considering how people are now pushing against classic tailoring in search for pieces that feel more fluid and expressive.