Sebastian A. de Ruffray (SEVALI) | À l'oeuvre ! 2020
Born in Santiago (Chile), Sebastian A. de Ruffray is a fashion designer.
He is the artistic director of SEVALI, a Paris-based fashion brand strongly oriented towards sustainable development issues. After studying in Milan and Saint Martins in London, he developed a work based on recycling and craft techniques.
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I came across [with] Lafayette Anticipations because I had this need, more than a need, a kind of like this interest in exploring other ways of expression, always having fashion as a centre, but to see how fashion can be interpreted from other points of view.
It was very interesting for me to kind of develop for the first time a performance, rather than a fashion show - a conventional fashion show.
I wanted to explore the idea of transition, meaning the transition of the vintage garnement are transformed into an upcycling piece, which is kind of an upgrade on the original piece.
All my collections are inspired by the deconstruction and rebuilding of upcycling materials.
I started to develop my new collection, which was Collection_04.
The whole collection is divided in twelve looks from which two were specially developed during the residency.
It was interesting to see the surprise on the guests [faces] when these two models arrived at the end.
They arrived naked on stage and they dressed on stage. Transitioning from one side to the other, through the frame, and getting dressed basically.