ITS Contest 2026 – Stan Peeters – The body is a pavilion

Visionaries like Isamu Noguchi, Zaha Hadid, and Charles & Ray Eames have profoundly influenced the development of Stan Peeters’ collection. Their ability to sculpt space, to balance softness and structure, resonated with his desire to envision garments not just as clothes, but as elegant wearable sculptures integrating architectural shapes and 3D-printed accessories. The sculptural 3D-printed glasses with laser cut plexi, inspired by the artworks of Olafur Eliasson, add a bold, futuristic touch, bringing every look together. His choice of materials reflects a dialogue between the natural and the industrial, with custom steel hardware and wooden jewellery created in collaboration with his father. Mixing bright tones with natural hues, aiming for a sophisticated, intimate silhouette, Stan houses the body in a pavilion. Project selection motivation Peeters’ fashion absorbs architecture's ethos. It turns the body into a guest of a garment. His clothes are cockpits of a habit. What surprises and stimulates is the quality of the architectural and design references that nourish the imagination of this creator who, in continuity with his own world, generates others in which more people can feel at ease. One is moved by the coherence with which he conceives garments and accessories—each an extension of the other. Peeters dresses a fighter armed with visual identity, colors, and radical cuts. A Vitruvian fashion in which space is measured by the body dressed for movement.