‘AREN’T WE ALL SAINTS?’ BATUHAN DEMIR TURNS DEVOTION INTO DRESS

Aren’t we all saints? If divinity is evenly distributed, why does survival feel so unevenly assigned? Batuhan Demir stages his answer inside a casino, a place that is conveniently seductive and deliberately timeless. A place where hope is cheap and illusion is the house’s most reliable currency. For Demir, the casino becomes a small-scale replica of society itself where power circulates in the most covert of ways. Starring at the emotional heart of the collection, is the lived experience of a single mother from an immigrant background. She is resilient, exhausted, proud, fractured — sometimes all at once.  TEAM CREDITS: models KAROLIINA VELLESTE at Brooks Modeling Agency, CHIARA PONTIER at Brooks Modeling Agency, FATO SUNA, THUNDER SHEILS at Vein Agency, MIERIJN BLOKZIJL at Scala Management, WINNY NZEYIMANA at Solid Model Management and SEM MEENHUIS at New Generation Models creative direction and designer BATUHAN DEMIR art direction and visual designer ÜLKÜHAN AKGÜL photography DION BAL makeup BEAU PIJPSTRA and ROOS TADEMA hair LARA SCHEPERS and MATHIEU BRONCKHORST production KAAN HICYILMAZ set design KLAAR STRAATMAN photography assistance EUGENE BERKOVSKI dop GIO ISENIA assistant dop HENDLEY DA CRUZ gaffer DAAN DERKSEN assistant camera HARVEY VAN DER GANG atelier FRANSIZKA MINNEMA, MARLOES DADSWELL and PABLO SALVADOR WILLEMARS collaborations ESMAY WAGEMANS and XAM VAN KEMPEN partners SKUA STUDIO and DARKAI LABall around assistance ISABELL KRISTIANSENs tyling assistance MAR