NICOLE VAN VUUREN IS JUST A GIRL, EXPLORING FASHION THROUGH MUNDANE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BODY AND CLOTH, SKIN AND FABRIC, ENTITY AND BOUNDARY, ESTABLISHING A RELATIONSHIP VIA THE SPACE INBETWEEN. CREATING AN AESTHETIC WHICH FAVOURS THE IMPERFECT, UNFINISHED, BROKEN OR UNLOVED.

EACH PIECE IS UNIQUE, MADE EXCLUSIVELY BY HAND IN HER TAMAKI MAKAURAU STUDIO. THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER NEW ZEALAND BASED DESIGNERS, AND THE AUCKLAND CITY MISSION, OFFCUTS, REMNANT AND SCRAP FABRICS ARE COLLECTED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND CAREFULLY CURATED INTO NEW GARMENTS, MINIMISING TEXTILE WASTE WITHIN THE FASHION INDUSTRY.