ARTHUR ARBESSER

Why make more clothes? it is a question we ask ourselves continuously in the studio.

The “problem” is we perceive a seemingly endless joy through colors, patterns and fabrics.
So it would be very harsh to stop thinking about new ideas, collections and stories all together.

But it does feel very right to make our collections as small and compact as possible like a gentle, personal message completely liberated from too intensely merchandised thoughts.
Being a small but independent reality gives you a priceless sense of freedom and confirms that making clothes can remain a beautiful, playful passion-project without excessively harming or blocking your surroundings.

As always we sit together in the studio and think about a story.
Like often the inspiration comes from the people around you. This time the long, expressive hands of our intern Francesco turned into the starting point. We photographed them and subsequently turned them into a print. Hands are the central element throughout our Spring25 collection. There is so much hands can say: through creation and expression, physical contact, small gestures or acts of kindness like giving a flower .

Our Spring25 hands surely reach for more than just fabric: they want to symbolise our ability to actively shape the world.

A classic vichy and abstract herringbone graphic symbolizes a domestic, consciously classic feeling – maybe reminiscent of a kitchen towel or the wooden inlay parquet at your grandmother’s? but through the transparency of tulle and crinkly cotton muslin or tiny over layered plisse these seemingly conservative graphics gain a special edge.

Taffeta with its elegant and regal feel gets used for tiny summer tops, plisse column dresses or big ballroom skirts but with an easy elastic waistband.

Black and white pinstriped Japanese cotton stands for the quiet, linear moment between all the gestures and colors.

Old colorful poker chips became jewelry and hats and shoes were made out of old curtain fabric. These experiments of our childlike, creative studio lab is something especially dear to us.

Fashion has become an industry where numbers and size seem to be the things that matter most but to us small feels right, small feels wise.