Proportions by Chiara Bottin & Debora Brune

 

dress by TIMSTO
ballerina by Rombaut
tights by Wolford
wool brief by Lou de Betoly

 

text, styling & creative direction by Chiara Bottin
photographs by
Debora Brune
talent
Pauline Anna Gudet
hair by
Alan Antoineh
makeup by
Jennifer Le Corre
assistant
Emma Obermann
styling assistant
Ana Elena Uscatu

 

dress by Lina Nix
heels by Bottega Veneta
tights by Wolford

bralette by Lou de Betoly
gloves by Squillance
mesh brief by Her Senses 
wool brief on top by Colombe de Naes
tights by Wolford
heels by r.l.e

 

I’m always trying to feel the right proportions. Not in my head, but in my body. How much tension I can hold before it turns into something else? Stretching, yoga, bending myself into strange shapes — it’s how I stay connected when things get too loud. Balance never stays. The moment I think l’ve found it, it slips away. I drift. 

 
 

My body folds into awkward positions, pauses too long, leans too far. It doesn’t look right, but it feels necessary. Sometimes being weird is the only way I can breathe. Most of this happens when no one is around. Almost invisible moments. Naked or half dressed, a cigarette between my fingers, stretching without knowing why. My favourite boots on the floor or still on my feet, grounding me. I’m just listening — to my weight, to gravity, to what I can carry and what I need to drop.

puffer jacket by Alessandro Santi
ballerina by Rombaut
corsage & brief by Her Senses

jacket by Cem Cinar
skirt by Colombe de Naes
hook mules by Sia Arnika
hat by Polyhedron

Outside, things soften. I hug a tree, let my legs hang from a branch, give in instead of holding myself together. Nature doesn’t ask for balance. It allows imbalance. 

The story moves between inside and outside — apartment, studio, open space. 

Each place shifts something in me.

dress by Ottolinger
heels by r.l.e
tights & transparent socks by Wolford

full look by Sia Arnika
bracelet by Laruicci 

mini knit cardigan by Colombe de Naes
knit bra & brief by Lou de Betoly
wheel skirt by TIMSTO
heels by r.l.e
tights by Wolford

The same body, but different proportions, depending on how exposed I feel. Balance isn’t calm. It isn’t clean. It’s fragile and messy and personal. I don’t find it by being correct. I find it by letting myself be off.

 

dress & brief by Ottolinger
boots by Rombaut
tights: Wolford

 

body by Polyhedron
knit floral hat by Colombe de Naes
heels by r.l.e
transparent socks by Wolford

 

Bitter & Sweet by Emi Iguchi & Camille Ange Pailler

 

Sia Arnika velvet dress
Untitled Lab x Sia Arnika leather boots
Von Dutch cap
Wolford leopard tights

 

photography by Emi Iguchi
styling by
Camille Ange Pailler
hair and makeup by 
Janette Peters
casting direction by
Ananya Nisbet
model
Lilja Drab via @elf_mgmt
photo assistance by
Heinrich Wrede
styling assistance by 
Nadine Sham 

Katharina Dubrick knit wool top and mittens
Lina Nix skirt

Sia Arnika jumpsuit
Olivia Ballard bomber jacket
Lina Nix tutu skirt

 
 

Von Dutch cap
Sia Arnika velvet dress

Celine denim hooded jacket and shorts
Our Legacy t-shirt
Sia Arnika x Untitled Lab leather boots
Wolford leopard tights

 

Malene Specht jacket
Celine short

Celine short
Wolford leopard tights

 

Olivia Ballard bomber jacket

Sia Arnika jumpsuit
Olivia Ballard bomber jacket
Lina Nix tutu skirt

 
 

Valentino dress and sandals

Malene Specht jacket
Celine short
Sia Arnika x Untitled Lab leather boots

 
 

Cissel Dubrick shirt
Olivia Ballard shirt

Valentino dress

 
 

Cissel Dubrick shirt
Olivia Ballard shirt

 
 
 

Frutti Di Mare: Read Our Interview Of Danish Designer Sia Arnika

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With her SS21 Frutti Di Mare collection, designer Sia Arnika has found a chimeric pearl in the depths of a timeless Limfjord oyster. These highly-coveted mollusks were so in demand by the 16th-century King Frederic II of Denmark and his court that he declared them “crown regalia” and forbade the people of Arnika’s native Mors island from eating any themselves. While the capital city Nykøbing was a bustling port city in the mid-19th century, its population has since dwindled, and with it, much of the island’s former sense of self. Click here to read more.