The underlying theme of the latest collection is green. Green for nostalgia, for hope and for one of our possible futures. We looked through the lense of the amazing Matevz Lenarcic not only at our land, but at our entire Earth. Green, red, burnt, soaked, meandering, precipitous, overgrown and bare. So beautiful, mellow and cutting, vulnerable and tenacious at the same time. We knitted up its murmuring, its supplications and bubbling melodies, and put them together into clothes that will caress us and keep us warm, and also continually remind us that everything is connected, that we are all connected. We put gentleness and care into them, so we can walk gently on our Earth and treat it, each other and ourselves with care.
We are privileged and proud to collaborate with photographer, pilot, biologist, mountain climber and environmentalist Matevž Lenarčič on our latest collection. He circled the world twice in an extreme light aircraft and has been documenting both the marvels of our planet and the traces left on it by man on his numerous flight expeditions. He is currently flying for GreenLightWorldFlight project (2012 – 2024), which focuses on black carbon pollution research.
The fall-winter 20022/23 collection was also created in collaboration with our long-time partner Alpina and jewellery designer Olga Košica. Draž and Alpina made knitted high heels and trainers in the style of boxing shoes, while Draž knitwear inspired Olga Košica to create a collection of jewellery boasting powerful structure and sculpturaly abundant fibres.
NA ZEMLJI (2022)
Rdeča nit nove kolekcije je zelena. Zelena kot nostalgija, upanje in naša edina prihodnost. S fotografskim objektivom izjemnega Matevža Lenarčiča smo se ozrli ne le po naši zemlji, ampak po Zemlji nas vseh. Zeleni, rdeči, ožgani, premočeni, okljukasti, prepadni, kosmati in goli. Tako čudoviti v vseh njenih mehkobah in ostrinah, tako ranljivi in tako žilavi hkrati. Napletli smo njeno šepetanje, rotenje, njene žuboreče melodije in jih sestavili v oblačila, da nas bodo božala in grela, in vsakič znova spomnila, da je vse povezano, da smo vsi povezani. Nežnost in skrb smo dali vanje, da bi nežno stopali po svoji Zemlji in skrbno ravnali z njo, drug z drugim in sami s sabo.
V veselje in ponos nam je, da pri kolekciji, posvečeni naši Zemlji, z nami sodeluje fotograf, letalec, biolog, alpinist in naravovarstvenik Matevž Lenarčič. Z ultralahkim letalom je dvakrat obletel svet in na številnih drugih poteh iz zraka dokumentiral tako lepote našega planeta kot sledi, ki jih na njem pušča človek. Kot pilot projekta GreenLightWorldFlight od leta 2012 do 2024 sodeluje pri raziskavi onesnaženja ozračja s črnim ogljikom.
Kolekcijo jesen zima 2022/23 smo soustvarili tudi z dologoletno partnerico Alpino in oblikovalko nakita Olgo Košica. V sodelovanju z Alpino so nastali pleteni salonarji in superge v slogu boksarskih športnih copat, medtem ko je Olga Košica v pleteninah Draž našla navdih za kolekcijo nakita z močno strukturo in kiparsko bogatimi vlakni.
