It was Mundi who generously opened the door for me into that exclusive club that is high couture fashion. He is handier than the rest of the industry natives and there is general agreement amongst the vogue types that Mundi has the rare ability to bombshell even the most cynical of the flock. His new design, Fish and the Lion Man, is an emphatic full-length line and a welcome surprise to industry insiders. It has been introduced to the catwalk and its enthusiastic catwalkers, and is finally available in a ready-to-wear format for the rest of us. Its uncanny style and elegance makes the propensities of its wearer obvious to the human eye. The desire to be at the forefront of changes in mode becomes absolute, and personal appearance "within" the garment has become a key - if not THE key - ingredient of the full-length line.
The Mundis (I like to call his garments the Mundis) are shaking the world of faithful followers of fashion, perhaps because the elegance of the ready-to-wear full-length line is somewhat avant-garde? I would love to see some of the best looking women of our days put on his garments. The Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen would look lovely in a sweater by Mundi, and I am confident it would match her flip-flops. And I would sell my soul to old Beelzebub himself to be able to see Kate Moss stomping down the catwalk in her devil-may-care manner wearing nothing but Mundi's underwear.
The chic-ness that prevails in today's world often entails enthusiastic but short-lived acceptance, but not the Mundis! The new full-length line is practically adornment-free and is timelessly stylish and pleasing to the eye - and the lower body. The preferred manner of wearing the pieces of clothing (the Mundis) is extremely personal, as it affects the behavior of its wearer and his/her way of life at a given time and that is what makes the garment worth buying. Mundi's items of clothing affect the kids like no other items I know of, like the drug of choice does for the selfish brain (or so I'm told). The conventions of fads adopted by polite society have been turned upside down without any feelings being hurt, although you never know what Donatella Versace will think. People of all fashions should find in this craze something to their liking, even the unsightly and the hideous. The extravagant and the thrifty, the spendthrift homosexuals and the frugal brood of the hood, go hand in hand in their say-so. I say so.
Text by Ásmundur Ásmundsson