Final Collection 2014, ESMOD Munich, Couture

The "Method in Madness" collection is inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It draws influences from Elizabethan fashion, features quotes and reflects motives from the play.

The clothes have certain restrictive elements but are combined with translucent layers that reveal a glimpse behind the facade. There is big, exaggerated volume and glamour, to distance oneself from the outside and dazzle, opposite revealing tightness, that leaves no room for interpretation.

These contradicting elements show a central theme of Hamlet: how we present ourselves to the outside world and what is actually beneath.

This results in a look that gives the wearer a regal posture, while still being feminine with a certain vulnerability.