Clothing Design Kati Määttä

Clothing Design Kati Määttä

Clothing Design Kati Määttä. Kati is a designer based in Helsinki. She graduated from Lahti Institute of Design (BA – Fashion & Clothing Design) in 2018. After the graduation, she has lived in Budapest for a while working as a clothing design assistant. After returning to Finland she has worked as a freelance designer and she studied postgraduate studies, Digital design, at Arcada University of Applied Sciences. Clothing Design Kati Määttä Her passion for design is in clothing and textile design, digital design, branding and the art itself.As a designer She’s interested in designing pieces that take a stand for something important, for example human rights and equality. In her previous work, she’s been interested in breaking taboos and addressed a lot of topics related to femininity and sexuality. She has a burning desire is to create something that is not only beautiful on the surface, but also has a more significant ideal in the background. Clothing Design Kati Määttä

KATI MÄÄTTÄ

Photo: Sara Lehtomaa

shameless

BA - COLLECTION

In my graduation work, called ”Shameless”, I am contemplating about our attitudes and relations towards the objectifying of people occurring in media and advertising. Based on the research, I designed a statement collection which plays with feminine as well as masculine pieces of clothing, ultimately forming a neutral and sexless entirety. It draws its visual influences from fetishism – a topic that also reflects the power structures we see appearing in objectification. Mainly designed for artists to use in music videos or on stage, “Shameless” is a collection that takes a neutral stance in gender, age and other demographic variables.

BA-COLLECTION

In my graduation work, called ”Shameless”, I am contemplating about our attitudes and relations towards the objectifying of people occurring in media and advertising. Based on the research, I designed a statement collection which plays with feminine as well as masculine pieces of clothing, ultimately forming a neutral and sexless entirety. It draws its visual influences from fetishism – a topic that also reflects the power structures we see appearing in objectification. Mainly designed for artists to use in music videos or on stage, “Shameless” is a collection that takes a neutral stance in gender, age and other demographic variables.

Photo: Atte Tanner

VERTIGO

MINI COLLECTION

Vertigo -minicollection was inspired by the mental health theme in ‘See Us - event’. Art has had a positive effect on my mental health and helped me release my emotions through writing and drawing. In this collection, I wanted to free myself from my own perfectionism and create something rough, unbalanced, asymmetrical, but so that it becomes a whole. This is where something fragile and maybe broken has become unique and empowered. (2022, See Us - Fashion & Art event)

MINI COLLECTION

Vertigo -minicollection was inspired by the mental health theme in ‘See Us - event’. Art has had a positive effect on my mental health and helped me release my emotions through writing and drawing. In this collection, I wanted to free myself from my own perfectionism and create something rough, unbalanced, asymmetrical, but so that it becomes a whole. This is where something fragile and maybe broken has become unique and empowered. (2022, See Us - Fashion & Art event)

Photo: Mark Sergeev

fluffy stuff

WEAVING COLLECTION

Five-outfit clothing collection for young adults. Inspired by an old fairy tale’s candy house and dream-like aesthetics. Hand weaving technique is a very old, so I wanted to bring it more to the present day with a new kind of twist. I enjoyed the design phase and inventing experimental ways to weave. Eventually, I found a way to create delicious and fluffy textures by using a beautiful sheep wool. (School work, 2017, MOME Budapest)

WEAVING COLLECTION

Weaving collection for young adults. Inspired by an old fairy tale’s candy house and dream-like aesthetics. Hand weaving technique is a very old, so I wanted to bring it more to the present day with a new kind of twist. I enjoyed the design phase and inventing experimental ways to weave. Eventually, I found a way to create delicious and fluffy textures by using a beautiful sheep wool. (School work, 2017, MOME Budapest)

Photo: Taika Oja