CRITICIZED BY THE PUBLIC

CRITICIZED BY THE PUBLIC IS AN UPCYCLING COLLECTION THAT ADDRESSES SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND INDIVIDUAL SELF-DETERMINATION. MADE FROM WORN CLOTHING, IT FEATURES THREE POWERFUL LOOKS - MYSTERIOUS, PUNK, AND BAD BITCH - THAT GIVE VISIBILITY TO PERSONALITIES OFTEN JUDGED, UNDERESTIMATED, OR IGNORED. EACH OUTFIT TELLS ITS OWN STORY AND DELIBERATELY BREAKS WITH NORMS. THE COLLECTION IS A RETURN TO MY CREATIVE ROOTS IN UPCYCLING, COMBINING SUSTAINABILITY WITH POLITICAL STATEMENT. SHOT IN FRONT OF THE VEILED KUNSTHALLE BERN, THE STAGING AMPLIFIES THE MESSAGE: MEANING EMERGES FROM THE SEEMINGLY WORTHLESS.

„CRITICIZED BY THE PUBLIC" IS A VISUAL STATEMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE, DIVERSITY, AND THE CREATIVE POWER OF LIMITATION - UNCOMPROMISING, LOUD, AND HONEST.

THE COLLECTION WAS CREATED AS PART OF MY GRADUATION PROJECT AT ART SCHOOL AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM JUNE 30, 2025.

CLOTHES: RIAN HUG

PICTURES BY: RIEKA WATTINGER

MODELS: MIRA ALIA KARABASH AND ZEPHAN XOLANI MASHIYA

EDITING, STYLING AND DIRECTION: VALÉRIAN LUC HUGUELET

MYSTERIOUS

THE FIRST LOOK IN THE COLLECTION REPRESENTS THE „MYSTERIOUS“ TYPE. CREATED DURING SPRING BREAK, IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE STAR WARS CHARACTER GENERAL GRIEVOUS. HIS MULTIPLE MECHANICAL ARMS AND HIS LACK OF CLEAR AFFILIATION GIVE HIM AN ENIGMATIC PRESENCE. HIS MOTIVES REMAIN UNCLEAR — A FEELING OF UNCERTAINTY AND INTRIGUE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE DESIGN.

MODEL: ZEPHAN XOLANI MASHIYA

PUNK

THIS SECOND LOOK, ENTITLED „PUNK,“ IS INSPIRED NOT JUST BY VIVIENNE WESTWOOD’S DESIGNS, BUT BY HER ATTITUDE, HER PRESENCE, AND THE RAW ENERGY SHE EMBODIED. A SPECIFIC PHOTO OF HER IGNITES THE CONCEPT — BECOMING THE FOUNDATION FOR AN OUTFIT THAT SYMBOLIZES EVERYTHING SHE STOOD FOR. THIS LOOK REPRESENTS REBELLION, INDIVIDUALITY, SOCIAL CRITIQUE, AND A DELIBERATE BREAK FROM CONVENTION. VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGNERS, REDEFINED PUNK THROUGH PROVOCATIVE, POLITICALLY CHARGED CREATIONS THAT CHALLENGED THE FASHION WORLD AND BEYOND.

MODEL: MIRA ALIA KARABASH

BAD BITCH

FOR THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT, I DRAW COLOR AND STYLE INSPIRATION FROM DEVON AOKI — SPECIFICALLY HER ROLE AS SUKI IN 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS. TO ME, SUKI EMBODIES THE ULTIMATE BAD BITCH: TOUGH, CONFIDENT, AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY STYLISH. SHE STANDS OUT AS A RARE POWER FIGURE IN A MALE-DOMINATED ACTION FILM. THIS IS THE ATTITUDE I AIM TO CAPTURE IN MY DESIGN.

MODEL: MIRA ALIA KARABASH

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