There is a particular sophistication to Angela Bacskocky’s new fashion line that intrigues me. By developing a thought and setting an idea in motion, the collaborative team behind NEST is looking to engage the city in the coming months. Incorporating natural materials in creating their garments, NEST uses its fashion to represent its mission statement.
There is a particular sophistication to Angela Bacskocky’s new fashion line that intrigues me. By developing a thought and setting an idea in motion, the collaborative team behind NEST is looking to engage the city in the coming months. Incorporating natural materials in creating their garments, NEST uses its fashion to represent its mission statement.
As Bacskocky has put it herself:
“The Nest deals with isolation and hibernation. It’s about the animal instinct to burrow and hide away, which is simultaneously comfortable and claustrophobic. Our nest is our home and the walls we build around ourselves, which keep us exquisitely safe, but also still and imprisoned. We’re exploring the way in which humans and animals interact with their dwellings: we are continuously building up our nests for shelter and security while that same protective structure becomes a cage that we’ve created around ourselves. Even our bones and skeletons become little cages that we can keep so many treasures inside – trapping and stunting them and protecting them.
The fabrics and silhouettes reference the natural skins and warm furs that we shelter ourselves with; the structures we painstakingly build out of bricks and wood; the dichotomy of the leaf and the feather, the branch and the bone, the nest and the cage. The female form is followed closely, being hugged and protected by her garments with gentle folds of fabric allowing generous space for her to hide away. Only natural fibers are used: wool, leather, shearling, silk, cotton, and feathers. The prints used are organically developed around each piece and screen printed by hand.”
The hopes for the project extend beyond basic production. The fashion designers would like to set up a fashion show to take place at the end of this month that would incorporate many different media: “music, sculpture, performance as well as two-dimensional prints, drawings, and photographs all made exclusively for this project.” The accompanying multi-media exhibit will serve to further define the idea that is NEST.
For all of this to become a reality, a Kickstarter has been set up to help with start-up funds. This project has set its sights on raising the bar for the local creative community as well as for high fashion. Everyone over at NEST are excited to bring their contributions to the city and you should consider embracing their ambitions and offering a donation to their project.
Visit their Kickstarter page HERE.
See the official NEST website HERE.
