CRAFTING COLOUR
spring/summer 2024
We have been discussing craft for several seasons and seen a gentle and gradual amplification in the markets.But now something else seems to be happening and feels like a paradigm shift from the industrial tothe crafted, from the serial to the unique and from the fast to the slow; sometimes exasperatingly slowwhich is a new way to test our patience. Provoking another way to conceive fashion, thinking stitch firstand foremost, and letting all other ideas fall into place at their own pace. Picking up the needle to stitch,mend or embroider, to secure tie-dye processes and bring fabrics together as patchworks, to calm themind and let intuition take over. Some people stitch for the sake of training and stilling the soul and seethe results like a personal journal into the unknown. All creatives are currently longing to use naturalcomponents, so plants inspired these exquisite colour ranges that are full of light and happiness. And for the first time, these hues are realised on linen which gives them a wonderful extra dimension
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PIGMENT PROPHECIES
AUTUMN/WINTER 2024
For those who like terracotta, ochre or brown today, it is eerie to reflect on the origin of those warm and lively colours. One feels directly connected to ancestors that lived up to four hundred thousand years ago, before modern humans even existed. Now we are well into the 21st century, biding our time during the end of life as we know it. The progress made over past centuries has taken its toll and emptied the earth, impoverished our soil and destroyed our forests, preventing new generations to flourish unless a consensus on circular living can be made; which, at this point, seems unlikely. This demands new substances and pigments to work with, made from renewable resources and creative recycled solutions. Our own colour can be coveted as a source of beauty and melanin is a substance to reckon with for the future, as are natural resources such as mushrooms and algae, crustaceans and food residues. Colour comes close to clothe us…
Studying pigments can inspire us to make progress and write new scenarios for the future. Therefore technology will work on even newer materials that will colour our robots, garments and interiors while inspiring innovation; with pigments that heal and reach out to the human race, in its race against the clock. These almost alive substances are imbedded with information and will create emotional alliances with our customers, where clothes, objects and interiors become vehicles for learning and self-expression. Making us an intrinsic part of a brave new world..