Piaf is back with colors. The
shrillness is not yours. Their models are capable of staggering with amazing
"abilities". There are, for example, reflective jackets with
sewn-on "backpacks", with particularly highly reflective applications
or those which have a detachable part of leather. The 27-year-old designer
called "A Character's Coat" the collection, which took its beginning
as an art project. There has been a lot of applause in the past few months: for
example at the "Salome del Mobile" in Milan, at the "Take
Festival" in Vienna or at the "Design Week" in the Federal
Capital. In the course of an exhibition, their coats met the works and
installations of those creative are who had inspired them to their models. She
was responsible for the concept.
Piaf grew up with two brothers and
their parents in Meek. An internship with Mario Schwab had led her after her
training at the Modes chute to London. It matured into the idea of "A
Character's Coat". Back home, she looked for ten creative people; they and
their everyday life were the starting point for the collection. An example:
"Supergun Applet is a light artist. It is out in all weather, works with
headlights that get very hot, "the designer describes. So far, the
creators had always been touring the Zwieback look, an all-rounder was now to
be created, which they can also use in their free time. For a long time, Piaf
has researched for this piece, and has made a smart use of materials used by
the fire brigade and the military. Finally, a coat made of water-repellent,
flame-retardant fabric, including highly reflective patches.
The artist Anna Payer, on the other
hand, now wears a reflective
vest
including a sewn-on, finely padded back pocket, "because she travels a lot
with the bike," the designer describes. Enormously robust models created
them for Trawler; the product design studio specialized in product design in
Vienna often works with wood and metal, their coats are made of denim and have
details coated with rubber. "It was a real experiment," she grins.
All these coats were almost
prototypes; meanwhile, they are also made for individual customers and
individualized. A weather-resistant piece was wanted by a real estate broker,
"because she is on the road in any weather".
"A Character's Coat" was
like a starting shot for the young milked person who made herself independent
in 2015. Among the coats joined blouses and trousers in flowing cuts since
then. The fast-paced fashion of Piaf Bauer cannot win much. "There is
already a small upheaval instead of fashioning fashion more sustainably. To
create one collection after the other, I never wanted. I will continue to make
small collections - with portable, rather timeless models. "
In addition, she is now working on a
major contract again: in a competition of the Chamber of Commerce, she emerged
as the winner and is now responsible for the hostess reflective clothing for
EXPO 2017.
On the other hand, Piaf did not want
to make any self-help, she now winks. "At first I was too good-natured,
took many orders, which did not turn out to be true afterwards. Today, I can
also say no, "the young woman, who lives with her boyfriend in a Viennese
apartment, is also a studio.
