Your Home Textile Helps to Impress

Much can be seen only when you change your perspective. Or viewed in a new context. For example, how exquisite and innovative home textiles really are. The exhibition "pieced up contrasts" in Bocholt, Germany, gives you the chance to experience it.

For many experienced interior designers it is unthinkable to use a fine tapestry or damask tablecloths as the fabric for evening gowns. However, using such artifices is not about searching for new materials for fashion. The aim of the like experiments is to draw attention to the visual and tactile qualities of home textiles.

In cooperation with exhibitors of “Heimtextil 2013” held in Frankfurt School of Clothing and Fashion, headed by Ina Franzmann and Rita Krampe Balzer, avant-garde sculptural models have been created in order to show the impact and possible use of innovative fabrics from an unusual perspective. Visitors of the recent exhibition, held at the LWL Industrial Museum in Bocholt, could admire the project "pieced up contrasts".

Don’t be shy to compare these creations with the ones made by the recognized fashion houses such as Chanel, Valentino and Versace. The hand-made technically appealing creations open your eyes to new opportunities for production, usage and beauty of the materials. They are all impressively presented alongside the weaving and industrial equipment emphasizing their rough charm.

The idea to exhibit shower curtains, bath towels, damasks and other materials at “Heimtextil” international trade fair came to mind of the exhibition participants. The 19 unusual models that emerged from it are much more wearable works of art, than some fashion designs. They are full of tense beauty of contrasts and show unusual aspects of what can be made not only of cotton. The avant-garde models would make any woman the goddess of the night, if to put them on. These are their sculptural elements, the high art of tailoring and an effect of the unusual starting materials, which make the models of the students so innovative.

Here, visitors learn what really matters in textiles, whether at home or in a wardrobe: namely, confident and technically skillful handling of textiles. The exhibition becomes the carrier of an artistic message thanks to this. The motto of the exhibition is the following: Who decides for a good style, is always dressed appropriately or has the corresponding mood.

The textile exhibition at the LWL Industrial Museum in Bocholt is open to the public until 15 September 2013.

Author: F.S.

Home textiles as a starting material for evening fashion presented at the LWL Industrial Museum, © LWL Industrial Museum

Technically and stylistically unique designs by the students of the Frankfurt School of Clothing and Fashion, © LWL Industrial Museum

It is difficult to notice what the materials were initially intended for, © LWL Industrial Museum

The exhibition “pieced up contrasts” is open to the public until 15 September 2013, © LWL Industrial Museum

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