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fresh out of the german box X: dreamstory
!traumnovelle //
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Arthur Schnitzler’s novella ‘Traumnovelle’ (dream story) is a crutial source of inspiration for this project, which uses garments as a language to express personal observations. It describes a tale of one man’s journey through the hidden depths of his own psyche. The story exposes the hypocrisies of bourgeois culture by exploring the repressed desires, fantasies, and passions underneath the surface of a seemingly happy marriage. It also addresses themes of sexual fantasy, jealousy, obsession, and death in contradiction to unquestioning love. It is a fictional psychological case study exploring the nature of dreams and the inner workings of passion, desire, and fantasy in the human psyche. Dealing with themes of fidelity and infidelity, jealousy, and guilt. In the story the line between reality and fantasy is effectively blurred, with the intention that no dream is ever entirely unreal, and that reality does not encompass the entirety of an individual life. In particular I’m interested in the psychological relationship between the couple (man and woman), the individual and their doppelganger, the protagonists and their antagonists. I reinterpret themes of disguise and revelation of the personal soul. Using fashion film as a catalyst of ideas, backed up with craftsmanship and artisanal values.
dreamstory - fashion film
dreamstory - digital catwalk
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lookbook boys
lookbook girls
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lookbook boys
lookbook girls
III
lookbook boys
lookbook girls
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lookbook boys
lookbook girls
fresh out of the german box X: dreamstory
!traumnovelle //
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X
major project
12.09.2011 wj