ANTAGONIA COLLECTION 2024
The word "antagonism" is formed with Greek roots and means "struggle against something".
The prefix anti- (opposite, contrary), agon (fight, combat), plus the suffix -ia (quality).
From garments that traditionally speak of productivity and functionality, and that represent stereotypes and patterns of a linear-patriarchal system and a fragmented world (male tailoring suits, ties), we create new morphologies that imagine other possible worlds, not governed by the domination of one gender or species over others.
The collection is characterised by the deconstruction of garments and the fragmentation in modules used experimentally and joined with lacing and ties. The morphologies are inspired by the organic world, creating a tension with the artificial world to which the materials belong.
The materials contrast both in their structures and in their meanings. Representations of supposedly opposing worlds are juxtaposed, merging and questioning traditionally opposing symbols. Power and submission, opulence and scarcity, femininity and masculinity, nature and humanity, past and future, light and darkness. We also add a permanent theme in our work: the tension between consumerism and planetary limits.
Incomplete silhouettes, asymmetrical figures, blurred or exaggerated contours, gender blends, and geometric and organic shapes create a visual narrative that seeks to challenge traditional fashion paradigms while encouraging a re-evaluation of our relationship with clothing.
The designs reflect a clash of styles, textures and shapes, emphasizing the unique and contradictory nature of the collection, which is the very nature of being human.
In the collection there is a harmonious discord in which each piece encapsulates conflicting forces. To represent the tension between opposites is actually to open a dialogue that seeks reflection and conversation, balance and coexistence.
On this video: A compilation of the process of collecting materials, making the garments and showing the finalised collection, consisting of 21 looks for the fashion event "La Encartada Moda 2024" in Bilbao, Spain on June 8, 2024. footage from the presentation of the collection during the Berlin Fashion Week, July 2024 edition in a fashion show called "Art Fashion Show", in collaboration with the Berlin based brands Tata Christiane and Fade Out Label.
Collection Shoot team
Photographer: Terry Whitaker @terry.w.whitaker
MUAH Artist: Caro Lazo @lazo_makeup
Talents: Victoria Momeño @onixperience and Harpy Fatale @harpyfatale
Styling by: Angie & Poli from tHERAPY Recycle and Exorcise - @therapy_argentina @therapy_berlin
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Materials and Work Ethics
As in all our collections since the beginning of tHERAPY, 100% of the materials are discarded from the textile industry, leather goods (pre-consumer discard) and used garments and accessories (post-consumer discard). We work efficiently and consciously not only creating zero-waste but also reusing other people's and our own waste from our previous collections.
As in several of our previous collections (Pampa Outlaw - 2017, Now On - 2018, System Failure 2019 - Awake 2020), we use discards from the textile and leather goods industry in our home country, Argentina, as well as vintage and second-hand garments discarded in developed countries that arrive in used clothing markets in our country, which we put back into circulation in Europe. The message is clear: the wealth of some cannot be at the expense of other humans and nature.
Also as the axis of our work and our philosophy from the beginning, tHERAPY is a space for inclusivity, for diversity of bodies, genders, skins. From the beginning, we have waved the flag that says that another fashion industry, more creative, diverse, that is a contribution and not a burden for society, the mental health of people and the health of the planet, is not only possible, but already exists, especially in the hands of independent creatives and designers and small brands that work in a conscious and efficient way.
