Duality
Shadow and light.
Simple and layered.
Protection vs. projection
of who we are.
Analog photograms.
In a digital world.
And light for our finale.
For there always is light.
Collection
Our clothes are not simply for women; they are about women.
Their contradictions, their routines, the way they fling a cape over a jacket over a knit, make a statement out of a simple dress; their longing for leather seductiveness, their love for uniforms, their strength, their sensuality, their duality. It is all there, expressed in clothes.
We thought about women, their multifaceted life, and garments for living in. Arranged as mood, need, activity change. Transformation. Hybridization. A coat can be a gilet and jacket. A trench becomes a dress and a skirt. A skirt is indeed a pant.
Juxtaposed silhouettes. Tailored sharp and elongated. Volume shifting. Deep pockets, buttoned high – shirts give room for movement. The infinite pant creates fluidity between the woman, the garment, and the space around her. The tube dress, the sculpted blazer, the tapered pant.
Texture echoes opposition. Knits in cloud, felted, and bouclé cashmere are sumptuous of touch and feel. There is pragmatism in cotton gabardine. Caress in shearling.
Preciousness in a wavy lined corset. Lacquered leather and lace. Weightless organza.
Colors of dark dominate the palette, together with those of light: black, mocca, kale green, and deep purple. Occasionally shot through with tones of ambra, magenta, peridot, and pure ecru. Luminous, sensuous, warm. Light in an otherly sombre world.
Photogram Prints
“I discovered the photograms of Katalin Deér at Art Basel. Hidden beauties breaking into the light. A photogram is an analog work of art, and to use it for digital photo prints on fabrics, a technique that we pioneered in the early 2000s, resonated with me.”
Katalin Deér is a Swiss artist. In her work, she explores the space between surfaces, bodies, and dimensions. The photograms, in which neither a camera or negative is involved, were made in the darkroom – curling and crumpling up the light-sensitive paper, placing glass cylinders on it, and exposing it to colored light.
