Bonding in Violence
Inspiration
Moving to a big city from a rather small one, I experienced a new environment made of new challenges and a new “violence.” After watching the movie Enter the Void by Gaspar Noé, I started reflecting on the universal experience of young people moving to a new city; they, we, are faced with a new reality that they have to adapt to. Adapting means fighting. Big cities are chaotic, noisy, and crowded: today more than ever, they are violent. With my collection, I wanted to offer an escape and an armour at the same time. Sometimes you feel like hiding from that chaos, like flying away to avoid being sucked into the violence of the city. My modern-day city armour draws inspiration from military parachuting and samurai armours—a balance between the freedom and lightness that a parachute can offer, and the feeling of protection you experience when wearing an armour.
Materials
To convey the story of my collection, I mixed extremely light technical fabrics—able to flow easily in the air and create new shapes with just a little wind—with intricate rope macramé and braiding techniques that recreate the strictness and complexity of an armour.
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Collaboration with Aislynn Nix, Master in Textile From Farm to Fabric to Fashion student
Credits: photo by Filippo Fior and Salvatore Dragone / GoRunway
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