SEMI-FINALISTS OF THE 2018 LVMH PRIZE

OTTOLINGERby COSIMA GADIENT & CHRISTA BÖSCH

The Berlin-based label Ottolinger is a collaboration between Swiss-born designers Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient. Having met during their studies at the Basel School of Design, the two quickly began making waves with their avant-garde and fearlessly destructive challenge to luxury fashion’s status quo.
The label's punk approach to couture tailoring is a sign of confidence that trumps the glamour of a sleek silhouette. While underlining their unorthodox and refreshing vision on fashion and notion of sex appeal, it questions what is considered flattering to a woman's physique. Labor-intensive creations are held to the highest standards in quality and challenge traditional notions of couture with textural and deconstructive applications.