every-day-thinking. The book is telling a different story — It’s good to be different and you shouldn’t be ashamed of it. Therefore I’ve tried to create a ‘different’, yet fashionable and new menswear collection. Dim, shiny, sleek and hairy materials such as wool and alpaca emphasize the atmosphere as well as the colours.
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fashion and textile design • fashion design
was inspired by Tim Burton and his way of thinking and scetching. To find my own ‘burtonesque’ way for my collection I took my favorite children’s book as my inspiration and illustrated it again. Throughout this process the clothes of my collection kind of developed. The necessity of being part of the society and being ‘normal’ (in society’s eyes) was always part of our
Klarissa Theben
I’m Klarissa Theben. Currently I’m living in Maastricht and I will hopefully graduate this summer from the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design with a degree in Fashion Design. I am not sure yet what my field of specialization will be or if I ever want to focus on one field but for now it is menswear ... and I love it! My final-graduation-collection is called ‘Somehow Different’. I