2026
After earning my bachelor’s degree in fashion design and gaining experience in the industry, I decided to go back to school and am now pursuing a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture. This has allowed me to engage even more deeply with our environment, and it has already made an impact on my design practice. I’ve long been interested in working with deadstock materials and upcycling, and I’ve already put these principles into practice. And yet, the clothing manufacturing process still generates a lot of scrap material. Many garments are discarded if they are no longer in optimal condition or don’t fit perfectly. In general, an enormous amount of fabric scraps accumulates. For years, I’ve been collecting and sorting them. It has long been a goal of mine to find a personal way to reuse even the smallest fabric scraps and to develop my own approach to upcycling. So, this summer, I immersed myself in patchwork, found a connection between my own design language and working with the tiniest scraps, and will continue to pursue this in the future. As a result, my designs tend to be increasingly one-of-a-kind, and the production process is rather slow.
2025
After my time at Mammut, I set out to build my own personal base pattern library. I continue to draw and refine base patterns to this day, as they form the foundation of my work. For me, this is an essential component in the creation of clothing, as it ensures a certain level of reliability in how the designs will fit. So far, I have mainly based these base patterns on my own personal preferences and needs. In the future, my goal is to develop reliable base patterns for a wide range of body types.
2024–2025
After completing my bachelor’s degree in fashion design, I worked in apparel design and development at the outdoor company Mammut. This decision was driven by a love of climbing and spending time outdoors in alpine environments and connecting this with my passion for garments. At Mammut, I delved into developing detailed solutions for various technical garments. This involved prototyping in the development lab and working closely with suppliers.
Working in the technical apparel industry has had a lasting impact on my personal design practice, which is reflected in the fact that I have become even more detail-oriented and focus on prioritizing comfort in my designs.
Bachelor Thesis “Habitus”, 2023
The attempt to regain control by shining a light on one's own “habitus.”
“Thinking in terms of boundaries presupposes that there is something beyond the boundaries that could be threatening and dangerous, and something within the boundary that allows us to live without danger. It is important for individuals to know the classifications and gradations, to know where the limits lie, because this knowledge makes them capable of action.” Haug, Frigga (1983) (ed.): Frauenformen 2. Sexualisierung der Körper, Berlin: Argument-Verlag, p. 94
This project revolves around the topics of sport and sexualization, my own clothing habits and carrying systems. It is based on a theoretical exploration of my own relationship with clothing and how it has been shaped by my growing up where sports, the outdoors and sexualization have had a significant influence. Its primary purpose is my own liberation from the restriction that exists within me and around me, which I couldn’t name and understand before.