I recently stumbled across the talented Vivien Tauchmann a fashion designer from Germany, fresh out of university. Her focus within her design
process is to work conceptually across the borders of
fashion to extract new ways to combine material, form and
craftsmanship. The aim of her work is to support ideas and opportunities of
durability and sustainability in an artistic way.
I caught up with her from Germany to find out more about her and her latest collection.
Why did you decide to
get into fashion?
I don’t exactly
remember why it became the fashion path.
Since I can remember I
always loved to do something with my hands and create things- out of wood,
ceramics, paper and textiles.
Later, I was
fascinated how much expressive power clothing can have, individually and for society.
Just think about issues like gender equality.
That was probably the
start of my motivation to get into fashion.
We all wear clothes
and even if we don’t care of what we are wearing, we send a statement to the
outer world. There lays a huge potential to improve things!
What is your graduation collection about ?
My latest collection
is called „slow motion.“ and explores the process of slow movement and
translates it into fashion.
Within my theoretical
research I examined critically the modern society’s hunger of living at a
faster pace. An uncontrolled progress in many fields has lead to social,
economic and environmental problems.
Fashion has become one
of the most polluting industries in the world.
More and more people
and designer realize that an endless growth without consequences is not
possible in our limited world.
My collection is an
investigation of deceleration and longevity.
Spaces are created, in
which the body can retract and come to rest. Wide silhouettes are combined with
concave and closed forms.
Wooden materials take
a key role in the collection as they symbolize nativeness, sustainability and
tranquility. Trough three levels of solidity the garments play with the
wearability and movability of ordinary garments and with a more sculptural
approach.
The shapes and
materials constrain the body movement and give the wearer the experience of
slowing down.
What inspires you?
Our social and
cultural living, as well as other fields like product design and architecture,
foreign cultures and craftsmanship
Best advice anyone has
ever given you?
Don’t be to shy to
ask!
What has been your
best moment since graduating?
To travel trough the
deep nature of Scandinavia and explore the way of slow movement by myself.
Five items you can't
live without?
passport, pencil, sun,
hot chocolate, the coincidence
Great post!
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