ANTOINE PETERS

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Amsterdam
ANTOINE PETERS

ANTOINE PETERS is optimism, playfulness and an innovative form of elegance. ANTOINE PETERS brings airiness by concept, but also literally in the designs itself.

ANTOINE PETERS is 'one size fits all elegance'. ANTOINE PETERS wants to spread a SMILE!:)

10/02/2022

SWIPE IT OFF! 🙈

09/02/2022

Confusing?

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01/02/2022

Teaching day 🤘

01/02/2022

Me and my love portrayed by 💥

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31/01/2022

Jeans, 2021
Presented at Losdok gallery.

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A little more context:
For almost 20 years, mash-ups of space and clothing popped up in my head, resulting in hundreds of sketches of site-responsive garments and sculptures. Like a diary, I have always hidden them, but now they are ready for and open to possibilities to be become reality.

Clothing – everyday items and the ultimate universal visual language — is warped, stretched, repeated, cropped and reconfigured in many ways, surprising the spectator with a new vocabulary. Therefor I use archetype casual wear to maximize the quality of recognition and intimacy.

Playing with perception is an important theme in my work. The space around a garment is just as important as the clothing itself. I’m investigating this through textile sculptures, optical illusions and site-responsive clothing, which extends outside the body, literally blending with the space. Disrupting the traditional relationship between wearer and clothing, with the goal to cause a delay, imbalance and change of perspective.

Clothing is so fascinating because it’s close to the body, and has the power to influence your movement, feeling or surrounding, but at the same time it doesn’t have to be functional at all. A garment does not need to obey the body or even needs a physical host to obtain its power or even be móre powerful!

I want my work to counterbalance consumerism and adding awareness, an emotional re-valuation of the (too many) clothes already out there, without making more myself. At the same time I try to question personal space, idealism, beauty, virtuality, social mobility, impatience, prejudice and intimacy.

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28/01/2022

Close up!

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28/01/2022

The dot functions as a 'bulls-eye', a focus and hold in the turbulent ocean of textile, to then slowly disappear into it. Fittingly, the dot is the symbol of creation and a new beginning.

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A little more context;

My critical attitude towards the fashion system is often in conflict with the magical powers that I attribute to clothing and textiles. But by combining these I want to have a positive impact.
In my search for reinterpreting fashion I started experimenting with textile abstractions. An intuitive study of color, textures and shapes resulted in the Soft Dots. Disrupting the ratio by breaking through the traditional relationship towards clothing, and putting textile (back) on the pedestal where it belongs, making people aware of its beauty and qualities.

At the same time these dots also elicit a change of perspective outside of the real of fashion and have meditative qualities. It certainly does for me.
Contradictory trying to create 'a perfect dot', while achieving this through intuition, chance and randomness. The fight of my fingers with the textile – tucking, folding, pushing, stretching, pulling – is visible and tangible. It's incredible calming to get lost in the pleats, textures and colours. The dot functions as a 'bulls-eye', a focus and hold in the turbulent ocean of textile, to then slowly disappear into it. Fittingly, the dot is the symbol of creation and a new beginning.

Supported by the

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21/01/2022

Red square of cotton denim with white dot of bamboo jersey. / Soft Dot, Large / 80 x 80 cm

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A little more context about my Soft Dots;

My critical attitude towards the fashion system is often in conflict with the magical powers that I attribute to clothing and textiles. But by combining these I want to have a positive impact.
In my search for reinterpreting fashion I started experimenting with textile abstractions. An intuitive study of color, textures and shapes resulted in the Soft Dots. Disrupting the ratio by breaking through the traditional relationship towards clothing, and putting textile (back) on the pedestal where it belongs, making people aware of its beauty and qualities.

At the same time these dots also elicit a change of perspective outside of the real of fashion and have meditative qualities. It certainly does for me.
Contradictory trying to create 'a perfect dot', while achieving this through intuition, chance and randomness. The fight of my fingers with the textile – tucking, folding, pushing, stretching, pulling – is visible and tangible. It's incredible calming to get lost in the pleats, textures and colours. The dot functions as a 'bulls-eye', a focus and hold in the turbulent ocean of textile, to then slowly disappear into it. Fittingly, the dot is the symbol of creation and a new beginning.

Supported by the

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18/01/2022

Before starting on a big Soft Dot, I first compose small ones out of leftover textiles. I react intuitively to the colors and textures and how they relate to each other. That is why I redetermine the diameters and proportions for each work, in search of the right balance. The Soft Dots are a fascinating study of color and texture.

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A little more context;

My critical attitude towards the fashion system is often in conflict with the magical powers that I attribute to clothing and textiles. But by combining these I want to have a positive impact.
In my search for reinterpreting fashion I started experimenting with textile abstractions. An intuitive study of color, textures and shapes resulted in the Soft Dots. Disrupting the ratio by breaking through the traditional relationship towards clothing, and putting textile (back) on the pedestal where it belongs, making people aware of its beauty and qualities.

At the same time these dots also elicit a change of perspective outside of the real of fashion and have meditative qualities. It certainly does for me.
Contradictory trying to create 'a perfect dot', while achieving this through intuition, chance and randomness. The fight of my fingers with the textile – tucking, folding, pushing, stretching, pulling – is visible and tangible. It's incredible calming to get lost in the pleats, textures and colours. The dot functions as a 'bulls-eye', a focus and hold in the turbulent ocean of textile, to then slowly disappear into it. Fittingly, the dot is the symbol of creation and a new beginning.

Supported by the

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17/01/2022

Long sleeve and Pair of jeans.

Presented

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A little more context:
For almost 20 years, mash-ups of space and clothing popped up in my head, resulting in hundreds of sketches of site-responsive garments and sculptures. Like a diary, I have always hidden them, but now they are ready for and open to possibilities to be become reality.

Clothing – everyday items and the ultimate universal visual language — is warped, stretched, repeated, cropped and reconfigured in many ways, surprising the spectator with a new vocabulary. Therefor I use archetype casual wear to maximize the quality of recognition and intimacy.

Playing with perception is an important theme in my work. The space around a garment is just as important as the clothing itself. I’m investigating this through textile sculptures, optical illusions and site-responsive clothing, which extends outside the body, literally blending with the space. Disrupting the traditional relationship between wearer and clothing, with the goal to cause a delay, imbalance and change of perspective.

Clothing is so fascinating because it’s close to the body, and has the power to influence your movement, feeling or surrounding, but at the same time it doesn’t have to be functional at all. A garment does not need to obey the body or even needs a physical host to obtain its power or even be móre powerful!

I want my work to counterbalance consumerism and adding awareness, an emotional re-valuation of the (too many) clothes already out there, without making more myself. At the same time I try to question personal space, idealism, beauty, virtuality, social mobility, impatience, prejudice and intimacy.

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08/01/2022

Stepping out of my comfort zone was a welcome energy-giving experience in these crazy times. 😄 I was model for a shoot of stardesigner and powerphotographers Beautiful images don’t you think?!

Adres

Amsterdam

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http://www.antoinepeters.com/

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