In 2017, Beckmans College of Design graduates Josephine Bergqvist and Livia Schück realized that they shared the same interest in sustainable fashion and thus was born their Stockholm-based label, Rave Review. After qualifying as a semifinalist for the LVMH Prize at Paris Fashion Week, receiving the Rising Star Prize by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Stockholm Prize by Nöjesguiden, the Bernadotte Art Award, and participating in the Gucci Film Festival, the label has established itself as a tour de force among a new crop of designers perfecting the art of transforming home textiles into desirable garments. Autre spoke with the vanguard design duo about their innovative design process, the role of digital fashion, and promoting sustainability on the blockchain. Read more.
Up In Space: An Upcycled Fashion Editorial By Esa Vokshi & Laura Voyelle
photography & production by Esa Vokshi
creative direction & styling by Laura Voyelle
photography assistance by Thien Hoa Dinh
makeup by Julia Bachmayer
talent by Laura Lundgreen
hoodie: Vintage Champion
t-shirt: By Human Hand
tights: stylist’s own
glasses: Gentle Monster
boots: F_WD
patchwork sweater: Melissa Kunz/Stress Studio
tights: stylist’s own
track bottoms: vintage Champion
shorts: Streetwise Gallery (reworked Nike bottoms)
glasses: Gentle Monster
balaclava: By Nenat
sneakers: Axel Arigato (recycled materials)
patchwork sweatpants: Streetwise Gallery
necklace: Oystersia
boots: F_WD
puffer jacket: Axel Arigato (recycled materials)
corset top: Streetwise Gallery (reworked Fila sweatshirt)
skirt: Streetwise Gallery (reworked Nike top)
boots: F_WD
puffer jacket: Axel Arigato (recycled materials)
glasses: Gentle Monster
puffer jacket: Axel Arigato
necklaces: Oystersia
hoodies: vintage Nike
cuffs: Streetwise Gallery
necklace: Oystersia
sneakers: Axel Arigato
puffer jacket: Axel Arigato (recycled materials)
tights: stylist’s own
military pants: By Nenat
cuffs: Streetwise Gallery
shoes: CAMPERLAB
Read Our Interview of Designer Lucas Meyer-Leclère Following His Presentation @ Berlin Fashion Week →
Behind every garment we wear is a story that imbues our attitude with its unique history. These stories become increasingly rich and complex when you combine and re-tailor vintage pieces from a pastiche of legacy fashion houses. Such is the case with Lucas Meyer-Leclère’s new collection for LML Studio, presented at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin at Kraftwerk Mitte on September 7. A master of print design, hand painting techniques, and an overall maestro of the immersive sartorial experience, Leclère enlists a coterie of friends and contemporaries to walk the runway, personalize the garments, lend vocals, and to re-mix his chosen score. He sees himself as a stable boy in the fashion world, which isn’t so much a complaint as it is an omission of the potential for kink therein. Following the runway presentation for his most recent collection, we sat down with the emerging designer to discuss material, sustainability, our favorite Berlin-based style archetypes, and the importance of taking your time. Read more.