Brutalist architecture, which appears to be experiencing a renaissance, plays a key supporting role in Nehera’s 2025 resort collection. The line-up is inspired by the brand’s home city of Bratislava, particularly its fountains, one of which serves as the backdrop for the lookbook – Pictures. As creative head Ladislav Zdút explained on a call, the planning of the city’s imposing communist residential and office buildings included a small percentage of funding for public art. Often this took the form of fountains, which served as gathering places and softened the rugged landscape. The contrast between hardness (structure, tailoring) and fluidity (inspired by water and achieved through drapery) was the main conceit of this outing, as well as a recurring brand theme.
This collection is consistent, but offers few surprises. The flatness probably has something to do with a dull color palette that’s only occasionally enlivened by a splash of sharp neon lemon. Dyed denim in deep khaki or mocha added welcome shots of saturated color to the collection. Look 34, a roomy bomber jacket with matching pleated trousers, beautifully balanced tailoring and sport. Also interesting were the cocoon shapes throughout, such as on a shaped diagonal cut skirt. The curved shoulder on look 10 created something like a rounded bubble back. Playing on the idea of the brutalists’ favorite material, concrete, the team used a malfilé silk suit fabric that resembled the stone-like gray color.
The looks of the men here weren’t just for show; At the request of customers and friends, the brand is expanding its offering to include menswear, debuting in spring 2025. The designs followed the same theme as the women’s resort 2025, but the collection was more edited and a bit more casual. Fluidity was played for men in a way that made quite an impression.
