CdA X CAPARA
CdA X CAPARA
CAPARA
Fashion designers
Antwerp (BE)
STEELETTO IS A PROJECT OF OLIVERA AND VERA CAPARA FROM CAPARA-OFFICIAL AND NATALIE VAN LIJSEBETTENS FROM COLLECTIFDANVERS.
STEELETTO IS DESIGN AND CRAFTMANSHIP COMBINED IN ONE PRODUCT.
STEELETTO IS A PRODUCT MADE OUT OF PASSION FOR SHOESAND INNOVATION AND BOLDNESS AND MIX OF CONTRASTING MATERIALS, SUCH AS STEEL AND RUBBER/LEATHER/FABRICS AND RECYCLED USED MATERIALS AND BANAL OBJECTS AND HIGH QUALITY FINIDHINGS.
STEELETTO IS A HANDMADE PRODUCT, A PIECE UNIQUE, AONE OF A KIND PRODUCT MADE IN BELGIUM IN THE SHOE ATELIER OF COLLECTIFDANVERS AND A METAL WORKSHOP, BOTH ESTABLISHED IN ANTWERP.
STEELETTO IS A HEEL CONSTRUCTION MADE OUT STEEL ATTACHED ON TOP OF THE BOOT WITH " VISIBLE SCREWS. THE STEEL COMES IN 2 FINISHINGS, IN "OLD STEEL" AND "SHINY BLACK". IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE INOX STEEL AS WELL. THERE ALL RUSTPROOF.
STEELETTO RESULTS IN THE SHAPE OF THE BOOT AND STEEL HEEL WHICH SERVE AS A WHITE CANVAS WERE THE CONTENT IS FILLED INTUITIVELY WITH FOUND OBJECTS, LIVED OBJECTS, DEAD STOCK, ETC. NOW THE BOOTS GET THEIR PERSONALITY, THEIR UNIQUENESS, THEIR VOICE VARYING IN MATERIALS, COLOURS, WEIGHT, OBJECTS, EXECUTIONS, NEEDS AND THEREFOR IN PRICE AS WELL. THE CONCEPT BECOMES INCLUSIVE.
STEELETTO IS PASSION FOR RECUPERATION AND DECONSTRUCTION, SEEING THE BEAUTY IN THE UNEXPECTED, IN RANDOM AND GINVING IT A NEW MEANING, A NEW LIFE AND WOTH, IS TRANSLATED INTO CAPARA PRODUCTS WHICH ARE INNOVATIVE, FEMININE AND DESIRABLE.
ABOUT CAPARA
Our names are Olivera and Vera Capara, twin sisters born in Sarajevo-Bosnia. We grew up in Germany, near stuttgart where we completed most of our education from gymnasium to go on and study biochemistry and later change direction into fashion. We visited a technical fashion college first and worked in a commercial fashion company in stuttgart before coming to Antwerp where we studied at the royal academy of fine arts. After graduating we immediately started working for dries van noten and later went on to work with martin margiela himself at Maison Martin Margiela where we were designing the artisanal line for women and men. Him being the reason we changed direction in our education it was a dream come true. It was at our stay at the maison that the artisanal line went from pret-a-porter to haute couture. after that we as well worked with raf simons at Jil Sander and only after this experience we started to work on our own label - Capara. in our own collections we concentrated on ’take luxury and fuck it up’ as Eugene Rabkin from stylezeitgeist had put it in an interview from 2017. We concentrated on ‘intuitive idea developments and pattern making’. Shapes and volumes especially for shoulder pieces combined with artisanal fabric treatments are our passion. The collection was sold to selected stores worldwide and later through our own online store where we introduced a collection drop system and presented the pieces in a unique and authentic way in video formats.
#handmade in #antwerp <3
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