AQUA TOFANA
This is an AMFI project for the second year, second semester. Here, we focused on designing for a brand, in this case, Balenciaga. In the first phase, we worked in groups, and in the second phase, we worked individually.
During the first phase, we were placed in groups and, together, researched the brand Balenciaga, the Zeitgeist, and began working on the formation of a concept.
This concept became: Women Protecting Women.
In the second phase, I created a collection of 10 looks, from which I produced three garments in real life.
I took the concept of Women Protecting Women, and I combined this with my own personal fascination: The story of Giulia Tofana, an Italian woman from the 17th century who sold poison to women who needed to get out of abusive marriages. Resulting in the name of the collection: Aqua Tofana, the name of the poison used.
I translate this inspiration into abstract natural shapes, the colors black and red, protective elements, hidden pockets, and transformational garments.
During this project, I specialized in craft, specifically in different variations of Boutis and Cording.
The Collection
Photoshoot
CRAFT experiments
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Toiles
Group Concept
Women Protecting women
We live in a patriarchal society, and we have been for a long time. This has had negative consequences for women all over the world. We are vulnerable to violence against women, both by men and women.
It can be rape, physical abuse, abuse of power and emotions. Women fighting for that one job, men, place in society.
But there is also a different movement, of women supporting each other, protecting each other.
That is how we came to our concept of women protecting women. In this we found our own fascinations.
- Military women, in history and now.
- The Italian, Giulina Tofana, who protected women from men with poison.
- The Viking women, a powerful female warrior.. unrecognized by history
- The female inventors, who gave women support and protection by science.