This season, Alectra Rothschild / Masculina put her muses on motorcycles and sky high scaffolding in looks that channel the sexy, sultry post-club hang
The roar of a motorcycle engine signalled the arrival of the first model to the Alectra Rothschild / Masculina runway and things only got wilder from there. Held on a nondescript parking lot, the show found the designer’s muses dancing on scaffolding to DJ g2g’s trap-heavy soundtrack.
As for the collection itself, for spring/summer '25 Rothschild takes it to the bedroom. Not in that way, mind you, but for an intimate, post-club afterparty. “It’s about that space you have with your friends when you are in private,” says Rothschild, noting that this collection is much more “romantic and intimate” than the two that preceded it. “It’s sensual, but also slutty, because that’s just the DNA.” (The intimacy was hardly present in the show itself, mind you, which welcomed the public to take in the spectacle).
The collection continues the narrative kicked off by the debut Masculina presentation, dubbed R.I.P. Masculina – her very own funeral – and followed by last season’s 'Rebirth', which found a cast of mostly trans models totally alive and ready to hit the club. And now we’ve reached the so- called “afters” – that ominous, dead-of-night moment where clubwear gives way to lace nighties and deconstructed overshirts, perhaps belonging to somebody else (Rothschild cites 1920s boudoir as a major reference). “There are still remnants of the club coming with you,” she says, pointing out the latex offering, specifically. She even made her own latex for the occasion, pouring the liquid substance onto a large glass table and embossing it with lace before fashioning the hardened material into a second skin. Elsewhere, second-skin fetish-y looks with cut-outs, spikes and rings.
In addition to Rothschild’s cast of c**ty muses, there was one woman in the audience who served as a major point of inspiration. “There’s a lot of my mum in this collection,” says Rothschild, who took in the show from the front row, snapping and smoking a cigarette. “She’s always dressed in layers of black and lace and velvet.” Her mother contributed in a literal way as well; the opening gown was made of her old velvet and lace dresses. “It’s a showpiece because it can’t be replicated,” says Rothschild. “That one’s my favourite.”
Discover all the looks from the Alectra Rothschild / Masculina SS25 collection below:
Alectra Rothschild / Masculina - SS25
