life for rent

graduate collection

Free spirit.New beginnings.Lostness.Longing.Home.

My graduate collection explores searching for a home that doesn't yet exist — the pull between roots and freedom, expressed through wind, waves, and rock. The title borrows from Dido's "Life for Rent" (2003).

Fashion sketch of look 01, a long crochet dress with leather patches — 01Selection of six looks

Fashion sketch of look 02, a knit dress with long fringes — 02

Fashion sketch of look 03, a knitted top with a layered fringe skirt — 03

Fashion sketch of look 04, leather vest and wide fringed pants — 04

Fashion sketch of look 05, a loose knit sweater with long leather straps — 05

Fashion sketch of look 06, crochet leather pants with a knitted top — 06

Sketchbook pages with braided yarn samples, a photo of lace motifs, crochet notes and two cream crocheted circles

Sketchbook pages with braided leather and yarn cords, denim and leather colour swatches and a mohair fringe

Sketchbook with samples

Look 02 | knit dress

Knitted swatches in beige and brown yarn with a cone of yarn

Open ladder knit on the knitting machine

Close-up of the needle bed of the knitting machine

Look 01 | crochet leather dress

First part of the dress, leather patches joined with crochet, lying on a wooden floor

The dress at half length lying on a wooden floor

Punched leather patches, mohair yarn and revolving punch pliers

The finished full-length crochet leather dress lying on a wooden floor

Technical sketches

Technical drawing of the look 01 crochet leather dress, front and back, with the patch construction steps — Look 01 | crochet leather dress

Technical drawing of the look 02 knit top with fringed sides, front and back — Look 02 | knit dress

Technical drawing of look 03: knit flared pants, leather crochet bikini top and asymmetric skirt — Look 03 | knit pants with leather crochet bikini and skirt

Technical drawing of the look 04 leather vest and fringed pants, front and back — Look 04 | leather pants and vest

The full collection: four models with two horses on a paddock in evening light — Full collection

Black and white photo of a model lying in hay in leather pants and vest — Look 04 | set leather pants and vest

Black and white photo of a model in the crochet leather dress sitting on a horse — Look 01 | leather crochet dress

Black and white photo of a model in the fringed knit dress, arms raised in a greenhouse tunnel — Look 02 | knit dress

Black and white photo of a model in a crochet top and knitted pants riding a horse, tipping her cowboy hat — Look 03 | knit pants with leather crochet bikini and skirt

Black and white close-up of four models in the collection leaning on a stable fence — All looks | close-up

Credits

Photography: Björn Marschall
Models: Viktoria Abt, Coralie Brongkoll, Rebecca Cordemann, Magdalena Gillhoff
Hair and make-up: Viktoria Abt
Location & horse training: Uta & Luisa Fröhler

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