ARTSTHREAD Showcases Denim Dimensions From The Beckmans School Of Design
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Thirteen students from Beckmans School of Design have created denim pieces for Swedish brands Busnel, Flattered, Ida Sjöstedt, Lazoschmidl, Rave Review and Stutterheim.
The Denim Dimensions project sees the students find new and unconventional ways to use denim.
Creating pieces for Lazoschmidl were Charlotte Backryd and Julia Weström. Backryd examines the act of loving yourself while Weström makes streetwear with knitted gold chains.
Emily Gullbo's Swedish Melancholy At Its Driest was created for Stutterheim and is a wet-look waterproof denim collection inspired by the original patterns used to create the brand's rainwear. Astrid Hansson also created a collection for Stutterheim that emphasizes shape through padding.
Joel Andersson and Filippa Fuxe both created pieces for Ida Sjösted. Fuxe's capsule collection aims to preserve the brand's core visual concept while exploring the polar opposites of past and future, monarchy and anarchy. Andersson's collection offers alternatives to men who want to dress in a non-normative way and explore their gender identity.
The students creating designs for Flattered are Emily Duff and Tim Maksimovic. Duff's Don't Flatter Me (But Do) collection visually explores the 'contradictory relationship of two parties who play a constructed social digital game...investigating the intricate space between the body and the clothes. Maksimovic's Flattered collection is aimed at the boyfriend of the typical Flattered consumer: 'My collection is relaxed, a less tidy version of the more presented style shown in public.'
Anna Lastro and Mohammad Ali Yaghoobi were tasked with creating garments for Busnel. Tuyou by Yaghoobi makes use of abstract lines and Lastro made pieces inspired by the story of a 'ruthless teen girl' living in Stockholm, dreaming of being discovered.
Three students made collections for Rave Review: Karolina Pettersson's upcycled collection made using deadstock is inspired by Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls, Johanna Stannow has created clothing created purely for the wearer to enjoy and not to feel the pressure to share on social media, Amanda Sörman Rascka's collection O.G (Original Guido) combines high and low fashion, taking 'the most tasteless garments I could find in my basement to resurrect as luxury.'
