Spontaneity, intuition and coincidence (Fr.: aléa) are the essential components that occur before, during and after the creation of this collection. Through this approach, the designer, the collection and the wearer are deliberately detached from ideals and fixed expectations.
Old garments – mainly overproduced and discarded clothes from the fast-fashion industry – are spontaneously and intuitively cut apart and randomly draped together. Based on these arrangements, patterns for the final production are developed. This design method does not follow any predefined rules or ideals imposed by preliminary sketches or silhouettes. Garments that once served to establish certain ideals (trends, expectations) are now used to create a new, multi-wearable design that neither dictates a single way of wearing nor conforms to idealized requirements.
As a result of this process, all pieces feature multiple sleeves, necklines, trouser legs and similar elements, allowing a variety of ways to wear them. There is no final or ideal fit. Each piece in the collection is changeable and adaptable – just like the moods and personalities of the customers. They define their own style variations, making every final appearance unique and liberated from conventional clothing aesthetics.
The conscious neglect of learned and embodied design conventions enables the designer to enter a specific workflow characterized by new forms of productivity and moments of euphoria. This flow is expressed through irregular striped patterns in the materials and integrated knitted elements. These are inspired, among other things, by snail trails on walls, which represent a path guided solely by instinct. The trails, nevertheless, appear as a harmonious whole.
The monochromatic nature of each garment preserves aesthetic harmony and ensures a coherent overall look when combined with other pieces from the collection.
The collection symbolizes the shattering of the ideals propagated by fast fashion, from which new, singular, undefined, abstract yet holistic designs emerge.