November 2022

<_APPLYING THE SAME CREATIVE METHOD UTILIZED EN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVALI ARTISANAL GARMENTS, THE “UPCYCLED PAINTINGS SERIES” INTRODUCED ARTWORKS  MADE FROM ABANDONED OIL PAINTINGS FOUND ON THE STREET OF PARIS. EACH WORK PRESENTS A UNIQUE COMPOSITION IN WHICH THE JUXTAPOSITION OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS CREATES A DECONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPE. >> https://www.sevalistudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Upcycled-painting-development-low.mp4

<_PART OF THE FIRST LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION ART RESIDENCY AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COORDINATION AND PRODUCTION TEAM, THE PROJECT WAS FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLECTION_04. A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSITION, BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN FASHION AND ART, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS AND THE TRANSITION FROM DISCARDED GARMENTS TO UPCYCLED PIECES, THE COLLECTION

<_THE “ALBORNOZ” COAT, SPANISH FOR “BATHROBE” COMES AS AN ATTEMPT OF TURNING ITS USAGE INSIDE OUT WHILE OFFERING A NEW EXISTENCE TO THE GARMENT IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. MADE FROM CAREFULLY SOURCED VINTAGE BEACH TOWELS, EACH ONE OF THE MODELS WERE ENTIRELY MADE IN PARIS. IN THE CONSTANT ATTEMPT OF ELEVATING THE MATERIALS USED, EVERY

<_THE DRIEST DESERT ON EARTH, THE ATACAMA DESERT IN THE NORTH OF CHILE IS BECOMING AN ILLEGAL LANDFILL OF FAST FASHION LEFTOVERS. IN COLLABORATION WITH SCL AND GREEN HANDS FOUNDATION WE AIM TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT CONCERN US ALL, FINDING NEW WAYS OF COMMUNICATING ABOUT IT WHILE WORKING CLOSELY WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

<_IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION, SEVALI TOOK  PART OF THE FIRST MARTIN MARGIELA ART EXHIBITION SOLO SHOW. THE SHOW PRESENTED, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PUBLIC, OVER TWENTY WORKS: INSTALLATIONS, SCULPTURES, COLLAGES, PAINTINGS AND FILMS. IT ALSO PUT FORWARDS A HYPOTHESIS: THAT MARTIN MARGIELA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ARTIST. AS PART OF THE PUBLIC

<_SEVALI AND SCANDINAVIAN BRAND EYTYS INTRODUCED “APEX” – A COLLABORATION THAT TRANSFORMED EYTYS’S DEADSTOCK GARMENTS AND FABRICS INTO A FULLY UPCYCLED CAPSULE COLLECTION OF READY-TO-WEAR AND FOOTWEAR PIECES. THE COLLABORATION PRESENTED SEVEN LOOKS ELEVATED WITH VIBRANT ANIMAL MOTIFS AND CLUB SCENE REFERENCES: PRE-EXISTING DENIM WAS PRINTED ON, TIE DYED AND RECONTEXTUALIZED INTO SHOES AND JACKETS.