Liberation, sensuality, body, rebellion, glamour, freedom.

We have learnt from each other to question and reevaluate ideas but also to just follow our instincts. Our lives have merged into each other and have become a continuous bouncing off of thoughts and visuals via WhatsApp.

Each collection is developed from writing. We base the looks on short scripts or poems and start dressing our characters. Depending on time and space, the character’s outfits vary from chapter to chapter – for example, from soft lurex loungewear to glittery disco attire.

We very much love the concept of Gilbert & George dedicating their life together to art and creating a continuous dialogue within each other’s minds. This lifetime idea of creation interests us a lot. Their use of language and popular culture, as well as a nonchalant approach to the usually unspoken, creates a body of work that revisits familiar ideas and signature elements but tells a new story with each gallery show. So it is rather this impetus that inspires us than the actual artwork.

We started the label as an experiment and attempt to combine our skills. Since we already share an aesthetic universe it was very easy to choose our design language, which somehow instantly resonated with the people around us and organically grew into a brand. We are very honored that our tone of voice has been heard by fantastic industry experts, iconic photographers, renowned stylists and writers. Being picked for the Opening Ceremony has been a true bliss and acknowledgement.

We encourage people to try something new, taste the forbidden fruit. Everyone should be free to dress sexy or risqué – and to wear all those things they have been told not to wear.

Both writers created pieces about metamorphosis that combine the surreal with bittersweet horror. We wanted to use the principle of innocent adolescence as a leitmotif and imagined the interior of a teenage bedroom to expand and absorb the body. Carpets, curtains and wallpaper became the garments while shattered glass and stuffed animals turned into embellishments.

The photographs are intimate portraits of Bruce LaBruce with one of the cast members of Super 8 1/2. What we love about his work is the brutally natural, unfiltered way of expression combining the explicit with a romance (which made these images a perfect match to the collection) taken from a movie our characters would watch while holding hands.

We feel that it is a natural progression. To us, it is not framed as a question of masculinity because the spectrum has always existed. Rather it can be seen as a reflection of the reality around us and providing an alternative or a range of clothing between minimalism and maximalism, classicism and flamboyance.

It is the way most of us communicate and consume, and therefore it is again a very natural way for us to connect with others. We prefer it when people discover us and form their opinion instead of pushing our message in multiple channels. Creating our fanzine for each collection is a way to visualize our concept in a very unrestricted way and let the pictures speak for themselves. Then, they reappear from the printed pages on Instagram to close the circle of communication.

We are working on a little surprise collection for Opening Ceremony revisiting favorite pieces from our archive. And then there is Fall/Winter 2019, of course, and the writing for Spring/Summer 2020 has also already started. There are so many more stories to tell! And we are here to stay.