INSPIRED BY OUTSIDER ART, I BEGAN THIS COLLECTION BY EXPLORING DIFFERENT KINDS OF OUTCASTS. ARTISTS WITHIN OUTSIDER ART LIVE ON THE MARGINS AND CREATE WORLDS OF THEIR OWN. LIKE BEDOUINS AND WANDERERS, THEY EXIST OUTSIDE SOCIETY. THE BELONGINGS WANDERERS CARRY WITH THEM TO KEEP WARM ON COLD NIGHTS INSPIRED THE VOLUMINOUS FORMS OF THE COLLECTION.

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ELABORATE EMBROIDERY AND HANDWORK ARE COMMON ELEMENTS IN BEDOUIN CLOTHING AS WELL AS IN MANY TEXTILE WORKS OF OUTSIDER ARTISTS. OUTSIDER ARTISTS OFTEN APPLY THESE TECHNIQUES IMPERFECTLY, WITH A FREE AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATION. THIS CHARACTERISTIC, ALONGSIDE THEIR CROWDED VISUAL LANGUAGE, ARE ELEMENTS I WANTED TO INCORPORATE INTO THE COLLECTION.

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FINALLY, MY MUSE RENSKE IS HERSELF AN OUTCAST — BUT ONE WHO EMBRACES IT. SHE DOES WHATEVER SHE WANTS IN THE ISOLATED PLACE WHERE SHE LIVES. SHE IS THE KIND OF PERSON I WANTED TO PORTRAY: A SELF-CONSCIOUS OUTCAST, PERHAPS NOT ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY, YET THE KING OF THEIR OWN WORLD.

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CONCEPT & CREATION: SARAH DE GEYTER

PHOTOGRAPHY: GUILLAUME DECOCK

MODELS: RICK VERSTAPPEN- SARA SCARLET - MENNO VAN DAMME

MAKE-AP ARTIST: LIESBETH CARLIER