To Preserve the Physical and the Intellectual
(2025)
Collection II
Concept and Design,
Production, Pattern Making, Sewing and Hand Stitching,
Material Sourcing, Textile Repair, Fabric Making,
Creative Direction and Photography:
René Schneider
(2025)
Collection II
Concept and Design,
Production, Pattern Making, Sewing and Hand Stitching,
Material Sourcing, Textile Repair, Fabric Making,
Creative Direction and Photography:
René Schneider
There is something unsound about the rhythm of todays production.
Working exclusively with forgotten materials - pure old wool, clothes found in attics, fabrics eaten by moths and time - this project explores how intentional craftsmanship, care and slower times can be translated into a contemporary practice. Clothes are unpicked seam by seam; textiles are patched and mended until they can hold a new story.
Referencing the Industrial Revolution as a metaphor for the alienation of work. A shift from careful craftsmanship to invisible, unsung labour.
The garments are a composition of material, traces of time, improvisations and repair - hints of the human touch. They are not meant to be sterile objects, but favorite pieces to be kept, worn, repaired and cared for.
Each stitch is as much a practical as a philosophical gesture. Details are not loud explanations, but intimate conversations with those who look and care.
Working exclusively with forgotten materials - pure old wool, clothes found in attics, fabrics eaten by moths and time - this project explores how intentional craftsmanship, care and slower times can be translated into a contemporary practice. Clothes are unpicked seam by seam; textiles are patched and mended until they can hold a new story.
Referencing the Industrial Revolution as a metaphor for the alienation of work. A shift from careful craftsmanship to invisible, unsung labour.
The garments are a composition of material, traces of time, improvisations and repair - hints of the human touch. They are not meant to be sterile objects, but favorite pieces to be kept, worn, repaired and cared for.
Each stitch is as much a practical as a philosophical gesture. Details are not loud explanations, but intimate conversations with those who look and care.
