Author: lutzhuelle

LUTZ HUELLE No.6 S/S 2003 ‘THE CLASSICKS’ Taking the most mundane of everyday pieces and make them special and excentric. I wanted to turn the most simple pieces, the basics of any wardrobe, into something that would raise an eyebrow but still be wearable as an everyday garment, in a way looking for mystery in the mundane.. Sweatshirt-Dresses were slashed in the front and worn with a tanktop or skirt ‘woven in and out’ to create the effect of stripes. I scanned real Roses and Daisies, made them into jacquards and blew them up into giant accessories, to be worn over pants and tops. The shoulderparts of shirts, sweaters and blazers were worn on top of each other, creating the illusion of being ‘properly dressed’. A Shirt-and-knitted-sweater combo was given a plunging neckline and elongated to turn into a mini dress. This Collection was deemed ‘grey and difficult’ at the time but turned out to be a preview of what was going to happen years later: Asymmetric Knits with the back longer than the front, embroidered Sweatshirts, long over short, Lasercut T-Shirts, and a general obsession with simple separates with a twist.

LUTZ HUELLE NO.7 F/W 2003 ‘THE SMITHS AT THE DISCO’ Listening to The Smiths’ ‘The Queen is dead’ on repeat.. the idea of mixing Glitter and the Ordinary : a Men’s Blazer with Fringes, striped Shirting is worn with sequinned TShirts, Sweatshirts in grey Jersey have wide glittering hems. A striped Mohair Sweater is draped around the Body. I asked myself: ‘How can I put the aggressive, ‘street’ attitude of a Bomberjacket into a pleated dress? The result was this: I fixed some of the pleats so they didn’t move, cut the shape of a Bomber ( those pockets, the rib finishing) into the pleats as if it was a flat fabric, then left the rest of the pleats open to move freely. Ideas from this collection keep on coming up in later collections, especially the fixed/nonfixed pleats that I’m still using today.