Interview " Between Art & Fashion"

Introducing of the designer

Since childhood, I have ever been attracted by art and fashion. My French-German origins have influenced my taste for minimalism, clean lines, the contrasts of surfaces and shapes. Contemporary architecture such as design, conceptual approaches and the decompartmentalization of artistic sectors have impregnate my work. When I was a student, the universe of Joseph Beuys calls me by its use of fabrics, particularly felt, and stage transcript as happening, all of this inspired me at the beginning of my approach. Protection by wrapping, the link between body and space and especially the link between garment and body, are emerging themes that I worked on during my studies in fashion design. Later, during my studies in fine art, I transcribed all of my approach in my end of year dissertation entitled "between Art and Fashion". The areas are open plan and themes such as “archi-sculpture” (mix between architecture and sculpture), the contrasts of shapes and of Black & White, the body in space, are considered. What drives me in my work, is to express the purity of shapes by using black or white, and adapt clothing to space, to the body, to the mind or mood, by versatile garments, all this refers to well-being and the relationship to the fabric, like a second skin, which (is) sculpt(ed) (on) the body.

Logo and Brand name TIMELESS by EYLLYE explained

TIMELESS expresses well timelessness, EYLLYE can be read in either direction, from left to right and from right to left. The logo is a graphic palindrome, also called ambigram. These two ways reading reflects the versatile garments I design but also refers to mathematics. The design of the logo echoes to the world of my brand: black and white, architecture, geometry, pure lines, the play with contrasts, balance and opposites, like yin-yang, and the connection between inside/outside, between body and mind.

Black and white in the collection

The black and white colours is very evocative ... It’s the idea of ​​contrasts, between light and darkness, the opposites, the play between being and seeming, what we are and what we want to show, the inside and outside. The goal is to find a balance and bring out what/how we are in our inside. By versatile garments that women appropriate, she adapt them to her desires and needs. Owning a garment that offers several ways to wear it, enables innovation every time it’s worn. This piece of clothing is practical by its space saving, perfect for traveling and responds to the context where we are always in movement. Black and white are also timeless colours that emphasize the silhouette, they are easy to match with other colours, and the shape of the clothes allows to play on styles.

Importance of the quality of the clothes

I consider that garments should be like a second skin, soft to the touch and comfortable to wear. I focus on well-being and comfort, that’s why the choice of the right fabrics is essential. Well-being, the relation to the body, are themes that are important for me, therefore my interest in new technologies and innovation. It brings me to develop an "anti-aging" range, where the benefits of the garments are used to recreate the collagen and rejuvenate the skin, a gentle alternative to today's existing techniques. What interests me is to provide quality clothing, manufactured in France, in beautiful fabrics, and which lasts beyond the seasons, it is a garment that accompanies you. We appropriate the garment and play with our creativity to fit it to our personality.

Inspiration

Contemporary architecture is for me an inspiration, and this is reflected by the pure lines I use for clothing design. I like the work of Frank Lloyd Wright for his minimalist vision and its relationship to nature and the environment, with its famous house on the waterfall; Zaha Hadid for its pure lines and organic shapes; Santiago Calatrava and its modular buildings; Le Corbusier also for his mathematical approach with the "modulor" and proportions adapted to space and geometrically transcribed.

As for designers, Yohji Yamamoto for his work on shapes and with black colour; Cristóbal Balenciaga, who was first an architect, sculpted the garment on the body and worked with pure lines. Alexander McQueen and Victor & Rolf who decompartmentalise art and fashion, and offer a conceptual and artistic point of view in Fashion. The wave of Belgian designers, such as Jean-Paul Knott, Martin Margiela, Iris Van Herpen, etc., challenges me in their interpretation of garments.