Milk of Lime
ABOUT THE SHOW
On the grounds of a former crematorium, the Silent Green, the Berlin Contemporary winners, the Belgian-German duo Julia Ballardt and Nico Verhaegen, presented their collection for Milk of Lime. This season, they continue to play with contrasts alongside nature-inspired materials such as wool. For instance, they pair a transparent, ruffled chiffon top with wide-cut pants or a delicately knitted midi skirt with a short bomber jacket reminiscent of a cloud.
Your collection is named “Current” and you are thematizing the weather in the broadest sense of a word. What inspired you two?
We found a book in a second-hand shop called 'Wie es Wetter wird' translated 'How the weather will be'. It consisted of illustrations and descriptions of how farmers predicted the weather.
While a lot of looks seemed to be eaten away by the weather, some others were inspired by the wind…
Yes! We worked together with graphic designer and artist Jeroen Van Den Bogaert on three different coats. They each represent a state of the Beaufort scale which measures the wind. Each coat was carefully woven as a beautifully textured cotton jacquard.
What was your highlight look?
A floor-length silk skirt combined with a graphic t-shirt, which sums up the way of us working together. It is a fragile piece that is carefully handcrafted with lace and silk combined with what essentially could be band merch. It shows the highest and lowest form of clothing, combined in one silhouette.
In your view: What makes Berlin Fashion Week special?
It is the only fashion week, aside from London Fashion Week, that actively provides a platform for young designers to show their work. And that feels very welcoming.
ABOUT THE LABEL
Milk of Lime seeks bridges between the rural and the metropolitan, between the unique and the mundane. We are heavily inspired by natural materials themselves and use them as our starting point for our designs. The textures we source in our surroundings find their way into collaged garments and finely manufactured goods, telling sometimes harsh, sometimes romantic stories. This contrast forms the mood of Milk of Lime, bringing an ongoing poem about life and afterlife into people’s closet. We design garments for men, women, anyone in-between and beyond — all people who resonate with the refined roughness of Milk of Lime.
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Runway Pictures: © Andrew Thomas
