- Who are your clients? - Curiously, when the clothes are sold in shops, I don’t get to see the people who buy them, although I am very curious… I haven’t made menswear yet, so right now my clients are stylish, daring, experimentally-minded girls.
- Did you expect it to be that popular when you created it? - I never thought about that. I think about the idea itself rather than it’s commercial aspect. The construction of my pieces is quite complicated: there are many lines, and cut-outs.
- Which garment from your latest collection, Archetypus, was received best? - The see-through top with the leaf applique in the middle.
- What else is exceptional about your work? - I love combining different fabrics. The materials must be interesting by themselves. There was this white mohair dress with latex stripes. The luxury of Angora goat wool against the seemingly cheap plastic – looked interesting. - What fabric has been your latest discovery? - In the last two years I’ve discovered neoprene, which I used in my graduate collection. It’s what diving suits are made of. It washes perfectly, is nice to wear, it’s sculptural, it can be both very thick and very thin. The subject of my graduate thesis was the three layers of human skin. Neoprene was an excellent functional match for the first layer. I went to London to get some, because I couldn’t find any nearby; I tried it, loved it, and we became friends. - What is the color or color combination you like most? - My entire color palette looks as though each color was mixed with just a bit of white gouache. These are my pastels. LLAMAS’ VALLEY
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