Wires

Press release:

Jantine van Peski studied at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute before attending the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, where she graduated in 2011 from a master (MA) degree with ‘WIRES 10.0’. Jantine gained design experience at the fashion houses of Haider Ackermann and A.F. Vandevorst. Her work focuses on silhouette and craftsmanship, with great attention for materials and techniques used.

For this couture collection, Jantine van Peski was strongly influenced by the textile sculptures from the 1970’s and specifically the macrame-technique.

That was the starting point to construct pieces of clothing out of cord and yarn, straight from the body and using only one type of knot. The collection consists of 12 complex and labour intensive pieces, sometimes completely knotted and sometimes the macrame is integrated in the garments. The designer’s main focus is to find the daring symbiosis between the handcrafted pieces and the minimalistic, pure designs of the garments. The silhouettes are rich and refined, centered around the fragile yet firm constructions. Wires 10.0 will be presented during the Antwerp Fashion Shows and is selected for the finals of ITS#TEN in Trieste, Italy.

Studio Job Gallery is delighted to exhibit Wires 10.0 as the second fashion exhibition after ‘Dolls’ by Viktor & Rolf.

Vernissage

Wednesday 22 June 2011, 18h - 21h

Open

23 June - 23 August 2011

Tuesday - Friday, 14h - 18h

or by appointment

Studio Job Gallery

Begijnenvest 8

2000 Antwerp, Belgium

+32 3 23 22 515

gallery@studiojob.be