For their fifth official calendar outing, design duo Danial Aitouganov and Imruh Asha of Zomer staged a runway romp that “blurred the line between growing up and blowing up,” they said.

They were finalists for both the ANDAM and LVMH prizes this year, demonstrating the promise of their work and maturity of their perspective.

Against a kaleidoscopic palette, their collection was a backdrop for surrealist twists, and they traded in any restraint for exaggeration. See: cartoonishly large belts, cinching the waist in cherry red and lemon yellow, and a gargantuan pink hair clip clasping the body as a new take on the top.

Proportions were played with in good measure. Skirts were double-waisted, swooped down at the back to reveal a boxer waistband, or hiked up and worn as a dress. It was as if

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