GLOBAL NOMADS

Summer/autumn 2017

Model: Yana Mechielsen

Make Up Artist: Rob Klijnman

Photographer: Joep Hijwegen

Location: Metaal Kathedraal, Utrecht

Model: Yana Mechielsen

Make Up Artist: Rob Klijnman

Photographer: John Akerman Ozguc-Aquinoxmedia

Location: Metaal Kathedraal, Utrecht

Model: Kiki Kramer (me)

Photographer: Max van der Graaf

Location: Strijp-s, Eindhoven

This outfit is a collaboration between me and an old classmate Melisa Ozturk.

Recycled materials were the main aspects of this outfit. The outfit consists of a jeans jacked, a bodysuit, a skirt and leg pieces. The outfit is based on 'global nomads'. You can see this in many ways. For us a global nomad was a person that wasn't afraid to stand out. Someone who feels free and is playful in many ways. This person would travel a lot and would buy a lot of unique items.

With this conceived persona, we individually designed garments that together became an outfit. I designed the bodysuit and skirt and Melisa the boots/legs and the jacket. Together we have designed and created the headpiece.

We let our designs be influenced by culture and the traditional nomads. We translated it to a young and hip design. The outfit is meant to be worn on a catwalk, but we thought that the individual pieces can be worn in with more basic clothing in daily life as well.

The bodysuit I made is based on three different aspects. Hunting, city living and transparency. The hunting aspect I translated to the fur on the right sleeve. It is a little like a fox tail. The other sleeve is made out of cling film with I just took out of the kitchen. I layered them on top of one another then I stitch trough it with a width stitch. In a way I made my own fabric. It is a half see through sleeve. The rest of the body is a fairly basic black body with a high cut leg holes. The high cut leg holes are inspirited by city living. In the city you can more daring fashion that you have in the suburbs. The high cut out leg is very daring so that connects with the city living.

Was mostly inspired by plastic and playfulness. Flow was also a big inspiration for this piece. The colour of the lock stitch on the bread bags are chosen to be hot pink and black. This is to have the combination between playful and serious. The hot pink colour also matched the colours of the leg pieces. The asymmetrical part of the bag is, so I wouldn't just be another skirt with a full bottom and it makes is more playful.

Here you can see a video John Akerman Ozguc-Aquinoxmedia made of the outfit. it is a mood impression.

Model: Yana Mechielsen

Make Up Artist: Rob Klijnman

Video: John Akerman Ozguc-Aquinoxmedia

Location: Metaal Kathedraal, Utrecht