hand-in-love
collection in collaboration
with Külli-Triin Laanet
Tallinn
2018
it’s a story of making peace with yourself, of love for oneself and one’s flaws. of how you can hate yourself, and change yourself, sometimes brutally – but how beautiful the force of human desire can be, in itself. and what a force to be reckoned with, to be admired, and rejoiced in.
we’re speaking of happiness in the truest form of love and comfort – the comfort in being yourself, with knowing and accepting even the most vulgar parts of you, of loving yourself, deeply, maddeningly, euphorically.
all materials in this collection have a story behind them. we’ve reassembled clothes, and used a wide range of second-hand clothes as our fabric. we wanted the materials to have the worn, used, loved effect that no ordinary fabric could have. as a balance to formalwear we’re using underwear and different bedding materials – to see a person at their most vulnerable, and yet, in their safest environment.
photos by Teet Malsroos
models Hendrik, Eri, Liisi, Niina, Alexander, Alex-Ander, Karl-Markus, Joosep, Claudia, Hortensia, Rudolf
special prize at ERKI fashion show, Tallinn, Estonia