Max Hollein and Nina Hollein, in a dress of her own design, at the 2024 Met Gala.
Exhibits Are Us could be the motto of the Hollein household this May.
It took Hollein, who had always sewn her own clothes, 15 years to get to this point.
Max Hollein and Nina Hollein, in a dress of her own design, at the 2024 Met Gala.
She returned to her needles and threads when taking a pause from her career to raise her family.
I needed to have something to compensate, she said at a preview.
[To show] that Im working and that Im creative and that I produce something.
Installation view: “Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life: Works by Elfie Semotan and NinaHollein”
Holleins approach was to start close to home in more ways than one.
She attributes her interest in comfort and movement to her dance training.
I always wear dresses that are really comfortable because thats important for me, she said.
Installation view: “Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life: Works by Elfie Semotan and NinaHollein”
Yet the dresses she makes in which the arms are connected to the skirt are frillier and more romantic.
(Fashion folk will remember Semotans name from her star turns on the runway for Helmut Lang.)
Elfie Semotan and Nina Hollein at the opening of their exhibition, Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life.
Nina Hollein installing.
Elfie Semotan,Untitled, Burgenland,2017.
Holleins business, for one, is small and personal.
She makes things herself and in New York, working from her home.
Installation view: “Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life: Works by Elfie Semotan and NinaHollein”
Semotans name is globally recognized for work that is not conformist.
Fashion has always been a tool in this sense; an indispensable medium for self-expression.
Semotans portraits share space with fashion shots and more interpretive sittings focused on fabrics and nature.
Elfie Semotan and Nina Hollein at the opening of their exhibition, “Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life.”
Fashions future isnt only about individuality, its about connecting on a personal, human level.
Elfie Semotan,Untitled (Jukebox),Vienna, 1978.
Installation View: Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life: Works by Elfie Semotan and NinaHollein
Elfie Semotan,Untitled, Burgenland,2017.
Elfie Semotan,Untitled, Burgenland,2017.
Elfie Semotan,Untitled (Jukebox),Vienna, 1978.
Installation View: “Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life: Works by Elfie Semotan and NinaHollein”
Installation View: “Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life: Works by Elfie Semotan and NinaHollein”
Installation View: “Inspiration Comes From Everyday Life: Works by Elfie Semotan and NinaHollein”
