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a u t o r r e t r a t o
f / w 2023
autorretrato - fall /winter 2022/2023 is based on the creative directors sense of self. it is a reflection of the internal feelings she struggles with her lack of identity with the feeling there are many sides to herself, she is undefined, and that she is everchanging, unfixed, and sees the world and everything that revolves her as temporary. she feels that the only constant in her life has always been herself her body, her structure, her thoughts... the only common variable. with these emotions, there is a sense of vulnerability and fragility, an unfinished quality to your sense of self. autorretrato expresses these emotions, of temporanity, isolation, and disconnection, fragility.
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the draping in the autorretrato collection is very significant and conceptual, it holds a monolithic quality, one piece of fabric that wraps around the body. the outermost layer, almost like providing comfort or protection, yet also very fragile in its own way, unfinished as if one could touch it and it could fall apart. dynamic, covering body parts, yet also leaving the body exposed, there is no sequence to it. much like an artist that paints what they feel, these drapings are a reflection of unstable temporary comfort. also a big part of the creative directors story, where temporary comfort is so fragile, and so easily destroyed, yet one envelopes themselves in this temporality.
autorretrato is a collection that holds a significant amount of knitwear, these transparent fabrics are the underlayers of the collection. a close connection to the body. these fabrics chosen to evoke an emotion. a thin layer of fabric on the body, where one would be exposed, a layer of vulnerability. the knitwear pieces hold different ‘manipulations’ or details such as gaping holes, asymmetrical fabric gathering, and thread fraying. the knitwear holds a worn out quality, as if the thinnest and most intimate layer on the body is also falling o and distorted somehow imperfect