WARDROBE 12 | RVDK

Special thanks to Cultuurmakersfonds (Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds) Since 2014 we are on a mission to reinvent the notion of a couture house We have been exploring creativity and playfulness with a feeling of nostalgia and a longing for the heydays of couture With a heightened awareness and a responsibility for the planet we live on and the people it inhabits This is not a time to be complacent Now, more than ever, is a time to learn A time for possibilities and opportunities A time for collaborations A time to listen to an expanding scope of voices enriching our lives Looking for new ways to express ourselves Taking position in a world that is coming to terms with the past and the present This couture week we are grappling with a harsh reality A time to rethink everything that we know A developing insight in a new world And the responsibility we must take We present ‘Wardrobe 12’ through eight short movies, combined as an expressive statement about the essence of couture and the times we live in As an extension of our recent ‘Army of Love’ performance during lockdown, where we shook up the world with a positive but urgent call to surrender to a sustainable future We present couture as fashion in its purest art form, where uniqueness, creativity, craftsmanship, originality, love and passion come together Exploring the relevance and essence of couture today An intimate, artistic and creative expression The constraints of these times fuel our i