Matilde Terranova

Teenager Boys by Matilde Terranuova begins in slow, empty places where nothing happens, and follows a group of teenagers who turn the outlaw into a language. What starts as imitation and play gradually becomes a precise construction of identity, as the city arrives and being seen becomes necessary. Inspired by the visual tribal language of Walter Hill’s The Warriors (1979), the collection reinterprets urban nocturnal imagery through a contemporary and introspective lens, especially in the way the film transforms a gang into a visual language and a symbol of belonging. Hybrid garments, bombers fused with trench coats, denim merged with tailoring, create slim, elongated, nervous silhouettes suspended between rebellion and elegance. A palette of charcoal black, washed military green, dirty beige, and dusty grey appears worn and almost oxidized, while washed denim, dry wool, worn leather, and technical nylon merge workwear, streetwear, and sartorial construction into a single new identity. Teenager Boys is about the moment a role becomes the only possible way to exist.