Sean + Seng Do Chile
SSENSE
Oct 26 2019
Loewe, Gucci & Chloé are on the Horizon
One of the longest and narrowest countries on Earth, Chile stretches from North to South down the Western coast of South America. The country’s shape echoes the silhouette of its national flower—the Chilean bellflower. Its hue ranges from blush pink to rosey scarlet, punctuating the rugged terrain that is as varying as the country is vast. Amid the dusty shades of Sean + Seng’s photographic topography, the same bellflower scarlet appears in the glinting frames of sunglasses, along the sideways ridge of a mountain, in the sheen of a mockneck, in the subtext of a sunset. For their latest SSENSE editorial, Sean + Seng explore ways of seeing with Loewe, Balenciaga and Chloé.
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