Mermaid longing

The designer chose to make the dress from milk yarn, which has many of the same properties as wool. Milk yarn is made from milk that becomes too old, before it reaches consumers and would otherwise be wasted. The designer’s choice to make the dress from milk yarn makes it very comfortable to wear, as the milk yarn is very soft and does not scratch the skin when you wear it.

Gudrun & Gudrun is a Faroese brand and therefore the designer has chosen to focus on nature as inspiration for the creation of the design and thereby coming up with the four weather phenomena: wind, rain, sun and fog. The dress I have photographed is inspired by rain, which should look like the rain that washes down the body and leaves a puddle where you stand. The dress is one of the four showpieces in total and was included in the exhibition ‘’Fashion Tech & Fashion’s Sustainable Growth Layer’’ at the Geological Museum in 2019. I got inspiration from Pinterest, where I wanted to photograph my New Designs assignment as a new interpretation of the story of the mermaid. In this dress from Gudrun and Gudrun I found the perfect dress to continues my ideas. I therefore chose to photograph on the beach at the blue hour to create the mysterious atmosphere in the image. Blue makeup has been applied to the model, following my desire to make her resemble a mermaid. I then tied yarn to the dress and to the model to symbolise that she, as a mermaid, is caught after she comes ashore and to put a clear focus on the fact that the dress is made of yarn.

Designer: Amalie Ege

Photographer: Poi Saiwaeo