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 Karen Van Godstenhoven

photo: Nicholas Hendrickx

photo: Nicholas Hendrickx 

With her collection 'Every cloud has its silver lining', Han wowed the jury and the crowds at her graduation show from ghent academy this June. The collection has colour, beautiful prints, optic effects and is both hi-tech and organic looking. The concept is that of dizziness, in the sense that you look at the world which is ten times bigger or smaller than it normally is, so Han enlarges and minimises motives from nature and city streets. What happens when you fall out of an airplane and watch the world at such a high speed? How do you see a pedestrian when you drive at 300 miles an hour? Flashes, distortions, echoes: it's all there.

We at Addictlab especially love the cape with fragmented cubes, based on the oldskool test image on television.

photo: Alexander Popelier

Han says she created her collection for a woman with recollections of her childhood, of the wonder and bemusement she felt back then, but also with memories of past loves, her homecountry or a smell. All these fragments interrelate and weave this woman's story and thoughts, seen from a staggering and dizzying perspective.

Now that she's graduated, Han wants to do freelance stylings, art shows and create concepts for stores and brands. A talent to be watched and hired!

photo: Alexander Popelier