At this yr’s Copenhagen Trend Week, Danish style model Shall Studio, based by sisters Julie and Marie Skall, launched its upcoming AW24 assortment with 29 nostalgic seems from the New York period of the 1960s, a time when artists and intellectuals reminiscent of Joan Baez and Bob Dylan have been difficult the established order about society. However it wasn’t simply the impeccably good styling of the plaid wool coats and tailor-made fits that stole the present in our eyes, it was the glint of metallic, present in a low bun or a single ear. Because it seems, Skall Studio debuted a set inside a set. Levitas, a collection of 5 items of bijou in natural kind, was designed in collaboration with Kinradena high-quality jewellery model by architect and designer Sarah Müllertz.
The gathering consists of a brooch, hairpin, giant earring, small earring and button, all designed to seemingly defy gravity, therefore the identify Levitas, which suggests “lightness” in Latin. Levitas additionally refers to how the metals, each recycled sterling silver and 18Okay gold, work together with mild as it’s worn. The items are outlined by their completely imperfect shapes and flowing contours, harking back to kinds present in nature.
Interested in how this style and jewellery collaboration happened, we spoke to Marie, Julie and Sarah to be taught extra about their inspirations and hopes for the way forward for acutely aware design:
Congratulations for the collaboration. It’s actually beautiful! Inform us extra about how this partnership between Kinraden and Skall Studio happened.
Julie will: There are a number of the explanation why this collaboration happened. Rooted in Scandinavian simplicity and craftsmanship, we have been each based with a sustainable strategy in 2014 and a want to alter our respective industries. Skall Studio is a model based mostly on values and once we do collaborations it is vitally vital for us to collaborate with manufacturers that share the identical values. We share the identical love for nature, mono pure supplies, recycled supplies and intention to create items made to final. After which we’re nearly neighbours, as our retailers are situated on the identical road in Copenhagen.
Sarah Müllertz: Sure, we have been watching one another for some time – it is superb to have somebody with the identical mission assertion as your nearly next-door neighbor – and we actually admire Julie and Marie for what they’re doing with Skall. I gently initiated the dialog and let it move naturally to see if we might create one thing significant collectively. Because it seems, we might, and I really like the path our mutual design undertaking has taken. With my background in structure, I’m used to collaborations and admire the framework and freedom that Marie and Julie have given me in working with my craft.
What impressed the shapes and types of the Levitas assortment?
Sarah Müllertz: Past our shared values lies a deep-rooted connection to the essence of Scandinavian design – in order that was the start line. For this assortment I used to be additionally impressed by my architectural heroes – Neyemier and Brancusi. The elegant interaction of silver with the curves of the physique transcends mere aesthetics; it symbolizes the profound problem of sculpting bodily house. Most of the Lumen Assortment’s beneficiant shapes seize the essence of fluidity and beauty, that includes organically sculpted kinds that straight mirror the light imperfections discovered and created in nature.
What’s your private strategy to incorporating assertion jewellery like a Floris brooch or hairpin into on a regular basis outfits?
Marie Skall: Skall Studio is thought for its basic and easy types which are made to final, and we expect the Floris Brooch and Recycled Sterling Silver Floris Hairpin are good alternatives to play with our basic types. Specifically, the Floris hair pin leaves room for the creativeness, as it may be utilized in some ways – not just for hair, but in addition in our knitwear and even within the pocket. The Levitas Button additionally provides a brand new look to our types – we love how a button can simply change the look.
What are your hopes for the way forward for style and what do you wish to encourage with Skall Studio and this collaboration with Kinraden?
Marie Skall: We hope to see much more emphasis on mono pure supplies, as we consider these supplies are higher for folks and the planet. Clearly additionally as a result of mono fibers are simpler to recycle. With this collaboration we hope to encourage much less and higher consumption as properly. The standard of the supplies we select to buy means the world.
The Levitas assortment will likely be out there in early September 2024 in Skall Studio and Kinraden flagship shops, in addition to on-line and at chosen retailers worldwide.
Photograph by Thomas Degner.
