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POCKETS FULL OF STONESMASTER COLLECTION INSPIRED BY DEATH OF A CORAL REEF. BLOOMING COLORFULL LIFE THAT DISSOLVES TO NOTHINGNESS. NOTHING BUT DEATH IN WHITE AND BLUE

NEOPRENE AND SILK DRESSFABRICS WERE CUT BY HAND TO BE STITCHED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER LATER ON. THE DRESS IS PAIRED WITH PLEATED SILK SHORTS AND A NEOPRENE BRA TOP.

BOTH JACKET AND SHORTS WERE DONE BY HAND CUTTING THE PATTERNS ON DIFFERENT LAYERS OF FABRIC AND STITCHING THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

HAND CUT LEATHER / NEOPRENE JACKET AND SHORTS

2 LAYER NEOPRENE TOPTOP MADE OUT OF TWO LAYERS OF HAND CUT NEOPRENE PAIRED WITH WHITE PLEATED MUSLIN SHORTS. BLUE STRIPES ARE ATTACHED ALONG THE EDGES OF PLEATS.

WOOL CORAL JACKETTHE JACKET WAS INSPIRED BY SHAPES AND TEXTURES OF DEAD CORALS. IT HAS BEEN MADE OUT OF 180.000 PIECES OF YARN THAT WERE HAND TIED TO THE TAPESTRY BASE. ABOUT 2KM OF YARN AND 200+ HOURS OF WORK WERE NEEDED TO COM-PLETE THIS PIECE. IT IS PAIRED WITH SHEER WHITE PLEATED MUSLIN PANTS.

COLLECTION OVERVIEW

TO WATCH THE RUNWAY VIDEO, CLICK HERE

EXPANDED COLLECTION OVERVIEW FEATURING 6 NEW OUTFITS (LJUBLJANA FASHION WEEK) CLICK HERE FOR THE RUNWAY VIDEO

CHILDREN OF GAIAMY GRADUATE COLLECTION INSPIRED BY THE ANCIENT GREEK MYTH “CAS-TRATION OF URANUS”. EACH OUTFIT WAS CENTERED AROUND A CERTAIN CHARACTER FROM THE STORY. DRAW-ING INSPIRATION FROM FURIES, NYMPHS OR GIANTS, ALL CHILDREN OF GAIA. COLLECTION IS MOSTLY CONCENTRATED ON THE OUTERWEAR.

PRINT AND TECHNIQUESPRINT DETAIL INSPIRED BY THE 19TH CENTURY CEILING FRESCOE OF GAIA PAINTED BY ANSELM FEUERBACH (FAR LEFT)

ONE OF THE TECHNIQUES INCLUDED ATTACHING JUMPRINGS TO THE FABRIC AND EMBELISHING THEM WITH ANTIQUE GOLD COLORED CHAINS (TOP LEFT)

FOR A BLACK FUR JACKET MEDIEVAL TECH-NIQUE CALLED SMOCKING WAS USED TO TURN A SOLID WOOL FABRIC INTO A FLUFFY ALMOST KNITWEAR-LIKE SURFACE (BOTTOM LEFT)

COLLECTION OVERVIEW

CHILDREN OF GAIAMY GRADUATE COLLECTION INSPIRED BY THE ANCIENT GREEK MYTH “CAS-TRATION OF URANUS”. EACH OUTFIT WAS CENTERED AROUND A CERTAIN CHARACTER FROM THE STORY. DRAW-ING INSPIRATION FROM FURIES, NYMPHS OR GIANTS, ALL CHILDREN OF GAIA. COLLECTION IS MOSTLY CONCENTRATED ON THE OUTERWEAR.

CHILDREN OF GAIA ILLUSTRATIONSTHE ILLUSTRATION WAS PART OF MY GRADUATE WORK, IT SHOWS (TOP TO BOTTOM) APHRODITE, FURY, GAIA, GIANT AND A NYMPH, WHICH WERE USED AS INSPIRATION.THE PENCIL DRAWINGS OF FURY (LEFT) AND APH-RODITE (RIGHT) ARE PART OF THE INSPIRATION VIDEO I MADE, TO WATCH IT, CLICK HERE

ASPESITASK: DESIGN A OUTERWEAR MINI COLLECTION FOR BREND ASPESI.INSPIRATION: SAMURAI ARMOUR

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