Mathilde Krab Nymann

The graduate collection is based on a desire for illuminating the importance of being present in life – as I believe present is where our life unfolds. 

Though we still tend to let the present slip away and we forget to pay attention to what might be important moments in our every day life if they do not occur right in front of our eyes.

Thus, my work and process is an investigation of all the nuances that even the simplest moment consists of and how our perception of the world changes when we slow down the speed of time.

What has become the foundation for my graduate collection is the moment of breaking a coffee mug. A moment that initially seems so destructive when the mug breaks and spreads into several pieces on the floor with a loud ear tearing sound.  

Observing recordings of the mug breaking in different time speeds the destructiveness almost became a calming vision and the loud sound of breaking porcelain transformed into sound of bells or echoes of porcelain pieces hitting the floor. 

In slow motion the break action revealed amazing movements of porcelain pieces where even the tiniest little piece became visible and important to the whole image and experience.  

The construction of the collection is developed from a sample that showed the idea of a starting break line or a ‘carving’, that allowed me to open up the silhouette and create movement in the garments. Together it shows the transformation and the nuances of breaking menswear.