As well as, this Dane embraces the messiness of an existence. “A part of [my] manifesto is that issues are a part of life,” says the designer, who loves to seek out magnificence in imperfections; like putting drape to cover a stain or embroidering a small flower over a tear. “Would you cease sporting a bag as a result of it has a bit of scratch? No. You don’t do this since you spent like 2000 Euros on the bag,” she observes. “I feel we have now to let our garments stay a bit of bit.”
Working with flea market finds permits Tønder to remain at a value level that retains Kettel items pretty accessible. Entry to good design at honest costs is the mantra of Scandinavian design, and it’s what this designer appreciates about what she sees in her hometown. “I really feel like style week in Copenhagen is sort of a pageant. It’s so full of private model…, it’s in regards to the garments, it’s like, ‘Hey, we have now a bunch of attractive women and guys, we have now some actually cool garments, however truly, wearable and truly relatively reasonably priced [that] individuals can put on on and off the runway and in their very own method.” One of many attention-grabbing issues about Kettel Atelier is how Tønder has mixed her Danishness along with her love of Spain. “I simply fell in love with ease, and the best way the [women dress], this half-nakedness, the Bohemian vibes; it was one thing that fully blew me away,” she says. There’s a physique consciousness to Tønder’s designs that’s stunning. Absolutely, a grandmother by no means imagined the flowers hand–embroidered on a serviette winkling referring to nipples on a halter prime.
