Christopher S. Nelson 
Beginning in Milan, the label builds a new universe, documenting how the past influences a more avant-garde and skin-carrying future.
Beginning in Milan, the label builds a new universe, documenting how the past influences a more avant-garde and skin-carrying future.
From jewelry to ready-to-wear, designer Yoon Anh continues to propel herself to new heights. Spring 2022 focused on its Wksp capsule, pronounced Workshop, where technicality was respected. This time, Fall 2022 shows Anh looking to write a new chapter that perfectly sequences the origins of his career, playing with both retro and futuristic.
Defined by flashing red lights and moving cameras crossing the runway, Ambush launched a collection rooted in Ahn’s brand foundations and taken to new heights. Edge takes control through oversized fluffy hats paired with skin-wearing tops (think Pamela Anderson at the MTV Video Music Awards). Ahn’s love of leather, the material appearing like pockets, biker gloves and heart-shaped handbags. Sewing has always been a strength for Ahn; outerwear had a more attractive structure this season. Sheepskin-lined motorcycle jackets with sweetheart necklines served the fancy of bikers. An animal print made a small appearance – a play with cowhide through leggings that rounded out into a heart-shaped cutout. Trench coats and blazers were given more cartoonish proportions, almost trailing to the ground with high slits.
Jewelery – the origins of AMBUSH – made a significant appearance, applied through ‘A’ leather chainmail vests, dresses made of dangling beads that moved like hair with every step. It furthered the romanticism that Ahn seemed to define through the retro-future she is creating.
AMBUSH continues to touch new ground with each season as the framework of their identity is being developed, and thanks to the label’s debut in Milan, it’s a hopeful start.
