Parktheater Eindhoven | Art and Fashion come together

Art and fashion come together

Agnes van Dijk is a fashion artist who transforms seemingly worthless material into valuable raw material for catwalk-worthy fashion artworks.

Theatrical, baroque, sensual, futuristic, elegant and graceful. Eye-catching beautiful, they invite you to feel, smell, and raise philosophical questions about our relationship with nature, with our own bodies and transience. The handmade unique garments embody a vision of a sustainable fashion industry, through the use of biowaste and organic materials.

Waste as a valuable raw material. The leaves of a savoy cabbage are like a skin structure with their tactile dents, veins and bumps. Smooth, frayed, transparent. Thick, thin. Wonderfully beautiful. Patiently she brews natural materials into a homemade, non-toxic mixture that drastically extends the lifespan.

It is slow fashion, innovative art. The research and experiment that precedes the making of a creation is crucial to the creative process. The result is wearable works of art that are both stylish and environmentally conscious. Agnes’ fashion art is refined design that celebrates the beauty of decay and sustainability. Anyone who marvels at her creations will never look at them the same way again.

“My fingers peel, pluck, cut, pour, mash, stir, wring, hang, fold, measure, draw, cut, bind, knot, thread and sew stitch by stitch, persistently and accurately. Like a modern alchemist, I transform seemingly worthless materials into sustainable valuable raw materials. I preserve perishable organic substances by mummifying them. I am an inventor in my own lab, I research and experiment. I mix the orange peels from my breakfast juice with natural binders and strengthen the pulp with my own hair brought from the hairdresser.”

Agnes van Dijk