Soul resistance

The soul resistance collection of women’s garments is built largely around the corset. Based on the circle as a graphic element, experimental cutting and draping have been used to form an innovative collection of wearable items. A single pattern has been draped in such a way as to result in diverse outfits within the same collection and to create varied silhouettes.

Individual craftsmanship and signatures are the red thread running through the collection. Corsets and skirts are combined expertly to ensure perfectly contoured fits. Circular elements fanning out from the shoulders, the neck and the waist allow for three-dimensionality, spacial effects and volume. The layout of the lines, which emphasize the female waist, neck and shoulders, accentuates the “X silhouette” and follows the image of the strong, self-confident woman of the 1980s and 1990s, proving that modern women are entitled and dare to show their curves in sophisticated, elegant fashion.

Ramona Lehnerer

Diploma thesis 2010

AMD Akademie Mode & Design München
Studiengang Modedesign

Supervisor:
Dr. h.c. Ali Ansari

Soul resistance

Nature
Master of the Universe
Nordic Pattern
Shapure
Functionatic
Mystic

… are the key words describing this collection of men’s garments.

Up North places special emphasis on the functionality of clothes, which can be seen in every detail, such as new “storage space” achieved through the language of form or the function of print and material. In addition, the garments’ democratic and purposeful designs accommodate the needs of modern society. Colors, materials and forms are reminiscent of natural elements to enhance the wearers’ sincerity through their clothes rather than by dressing them up. Hence, nature as a source of inspiration calls for materials that meet modern society’s requirements regarding sustainability and expedience as well as a line of democratic items that can be worn by diverse types of individuals, yet remains economical to produce and implementable. The collection’s aesthetics and language of form deliberately build on known shapes to allow for greater variety.

Ramona Lehnerer

Bachelor thesis 2010
Hochschule Pforzheim
Fakultät Gestaltung
Studiengang Modedesign

Supervisor: 
Prof. Sibylle Klose
Markus Müller