The collection is inspired by the fairy tale The Seven Raven Brothers, in which transformation forms the core principle of both narrative and emotion. In my interpretation, the raven brothers do not represent merely a physical metamorphosis from human to bird, but a state in-between a moment of lost identity, punishment, and separation, where the human and the animal intertwine.
The shoes explore the motif of transformation from human to raven. Dark materials, feathers, and pronounced textures evoke the moment of the curse, when the human form is not yet fully lost but already disrupted. The form of the footwear responds to the foot as the first point of transformation.
The handbag represents the opposite process, the transformation from raven back to human after the sister completes the shirts. Lighter materials symbolize purification and the return to human identity, while dark details and remaining traces of feathers persist as marks of the endured curse. The transformation is neither complete nor painless; it carries the memory of suffering and sacrifice.
The entire collection approaches metamorphosis as a process that is neither instantaneous nor symmetrical. Transformation leaves traces, alters form and meaning, and creates a new tension between what a person was, what they became, and what they strive to become again.
