Interview with Leonardo Avezzano from Everest Base Camp
We did not sit down with Leonardo Avezzano in the same room. In fact, the idea of “sitting down” feels slightly misplaced when the person in question is at a base camp on Mount Everest. Presence, in his world, rarely aligns with convention.
Swedish mittens
In Bohuslän, socks and mittens were traditionally knitted with a blend of wool and women’s hair, creating warm and water-repellent garments.Fishermen, in particular, would benefit from the double-thumbed design, enabling them to turn the mittens when the inside became wet while working on the lake. The practice of using hair in knitted garments persisted in […]
Charlie Le Mindu
Charlie Le Mindu returned to Paris Couture Week with SKINS, a collection shaped by movement and a radical rethinking of the body. At the heart of SKINS lies the intersection of power and desire. The work speaks to autonomy, to choosing how one is seen, touched, and defined. Sexuality is approached as intentional rather than […]
Dilara Findikoglu
Margot Robbie wore custom Dilara Findikoglu for the Wuthering Heights London premiere on the evening of the film’s London debut, paired with a replica bracelet made from Emily Brontë’s hair, a poetic reference to Victorian mourning traditions and literary history. The couture look features a silk tulle fantôme corseted dress with a gathered silk French […]
Meet Ron Keulers – CTO – From Fiber Engineering to Circular Innovation
Textiles are essential to everyday life, shaping what we wear, how we live, and the products we use. They combine function and performance, from comfort and durability to technical uses in industries like interiors and transportation.
Fiber production continues to increase
Total fiber volumes used for apparel, home textiles, footwear, and other applications show that global fiber production increased from 125 million tonnes in 2023 to 132 million tonnes in 2024.
Friederike Filler
Based in Vienna, Austria, Friederike Filler is a textile artist and fashion designer whose work explores the intersections of body, identity, and power structures. Her recent fashion collection examines the influence of patriarchal systems on lived experience, with hair serving as both material and message. In this body of work, hair functions as a communicator. […]
Donna Lowson
Donna Lowson is a working-class, mature, dyslexic woman and a former hairdresser and shoe designer. Now a conceptual artist, she works predominantly with human hair and is currently studying for her MFA in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University. Her practice centers on the transformation of salon-sourced hair waste into intricate artworks. These pieces, whether […]
Jessica García Corral
Jessica García Corral is an emerging interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the fluid nature of selfhood and the ongoing dialogue between internal and external identities. Drawing from both personal and shared experiences, she works across sculpture, digital media, mixed media, installation, and writing. Her practice reflects a continuous effort to understand her deep attraction to […]
Miila Hyökki
Miila Hyökki is a Finnish hairstylist and visual artist based between Berlin and Helsinki. Her work challenges traditional ideas of beauty and waste by transforming haircuts into functional objects and artistic statements. Rather than discarding hair clippings, Miila gives them a second life. Using felting techniques, she shapes them into sculptural plant vessels such as […]