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WELCOME PLAYERS TO AESTHETIC CHAOS HERE YOU WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF OTTOLINGER LVL 1- ABOUT OTTOLINGER LVL 2- FACES BEHIND THE BRAND LVL 3- CREATIVE PROCESS LVL 4- BEHIND THE SCENE SS18 LVL 5- RUNWAY COLLECTIONS LVL 6- NAME + HOMEBASE LVL 7- CREDITS PLAY SAFE AND GOODLUCK
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ABOUT OTTOLINGER
OTTOLINGER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015. BEHIND THE EXPERIMENTAL YOUNG LABEL ARE TWO SWISS DESIGNERS CHRISTA BÖSCH & COSIMA GADIENT, WHO FIRST MET AT THE FASHION DESIGN INSTITUTE OF HGK BASEL, AND ARE NOW BASED IN BERLIN. THE WORK OF THE TWO DESIGNERS IS CHARACTERISED BY AN UNCONVENTIONAL, FRESH AND IRREVERENT APPROACH. THEIR DESIGNS, AS THEY SAY THEMSELVES, EXHIBIT “A PROCESS-ORIENTED CHARACTER AND ARE RATHER CREATED IN THE RAW. TEXTILES ARE MANIPULATED AND DECONSTRUCTED, TORN, SEWN TOGETHER WITH ROUGH STITCHING OR EVEN SET ON FIRE. A CIRCUIT OF CONSTRUCTION, DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION.” “WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE BOUNDARY TERRITORY OF BEAUTY, WHICH LEAVES ROOM FOR ODDITY AND AT FIRST GLANCE HAS SOMETHING UNUSUAL ABOUT IT”.
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THE PYROTECHNIC DESIGN DUO MET IN SWITZERLAND AT THE BASEL SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND SAW IN EACH OTHER KINDRED SPIRITS. “WE HAVE THE SAME SENSE OF AESTHETIC AND THE SAME SENSE OF HUMOR,” SAID GADIENT OF THEIR WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
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FACES BEHIND THE BRAND
THE BERLIN-BASED BRAND OTTOLINGER IS RUN BY CREATIVE DUO CHRISTA BÖSCH AND COSIMA GADIENT, WHO WILL IMMEDIATELY AND CHEERILY, WHEN PROMPTED, DESCRIBE THEIR DESIGNS AS SCIENCE FICTION INSPIRED.
CREATIVE PROCESS
EVERYTHING STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE’D LIKE TO OWN OURSELVES AND WHAT’S MISSING IN OUR CLOSET. THEN WE START DRAPING, RESEARCHING MATERIALS, DEVELOPING PRINTS, ETC. THERE’S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND SOMETIMES WE GET REALLY ANNOYED IF THE OTHER SIDE DOESN’T LIKE AN IDEA. SO WE DEVELOP IT UNTIL WE BOTH LIKE IT. WE TRY ON THE PROTOTYPES TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING FEELS, AND WE CONTINUE ONCE WE BOTH AGREE THE GARMENTS FEEL GOOD.
THIS BERLIN-BASED LABEL BLENDS COUTURE-LIKE CRAFTSMANSHIP WITH A PYROTECHNIC SENSIBILITY. “WE CONSTANTLY TRY TO ESTABLISH OUR OWN LANGUAGE, AND OFTEN THIS IS BY TAKING RISKS OR TRYING SOMETHING NEW AND UNEXPECTED, WE DRAW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS THAT MAY AT FIRST GLANCE SEEM OPPOSING, SO DESTRUCTION IS VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR CREATIVE TECHNIQUE IN DEFINING THIS LANGUAGE.” THOUGH, AS GADIENT INSISTS – “IT’S NOT ABOUT DECONSTRUCTION, IT’S MORE LIKE… RECONSTRUCTION.” ITS ABOUT CONSTRUCTING OUR OWN WORLD— IT BECOMES A ZONE WHERE WE IDENTIFY WITH REFERENCES, MIX THEM, AND DO AWAY THEIR MEANING, RECONSTRUCTING THEM INTO HANDCRAFTED COUTURE GARMENTS. “WE LIKE THAT THE PIECES NEVER FEEL FINISHED, IT’S ABOUT MIXING WHAT CAME BEFORE US AND WHAT WE KNOW, BECAUSE NOTHING IS ORIGINAL.”
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RUNWAY COLLECTIONS
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IT WAS THE NAME ON THE DOORBELL OF OUR FIRST STUDIO. TO RECEIVE PACKAGES WE HAD TO USE OTTOLINGER AS THE RECIPIENT. AFTER A WHILE WE JUST GOT REALLY INTO THE NAME AND STARTED CALLING OURSELVES OTTOLINGER. IT WAS A PRAGMATIC CHOICE.
BERLIN OFFERS THE PERFECT SITUATION FOR BOTH LIVING AND WORKING. IT’S THE COMBINATION AND TENSION OF BOTH—THE COUNTRYSIDES AND CITIES THAT INFLUENCE US AND KEEP US INSPIRED. FOR US AND AT THE MOMENT, BERLIN IS THE PERFECT PLACE. WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS ARE LIVING HERE. BERLIN IS A GREAT CITY FOR A YOUNG LABEL, WITH A VARIETY OF YOUNG ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, AND IT’S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN FOCUS ON WORK.
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SWITZERLAND IS OUR HOME. IT’S WHERE WE GET OUR ENERGY AND WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED.
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CREDITS IMAGERETO SCHMIDT LUKAS WASSMAN DETLEF HONIGSTEIN TIMMI TAUBENSCHRECK IMAXTREE INTERVIEW032C RORY SATRAN ROSIE DALTON SAVANNAH WHITMER KENNEDY FAIRFAX RANA GOOD
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