Playing in his family’s needlework factory is what initially instant Dainius Bendikas’s interest in mode. Fast forward twenty years, shaft a degree in costume devise later, the Lithuanian designer continues to explore his fascination crash handiwork by creating utilitarian menswear with couture-like touches.
Whilst interning with Iceland-based Sruli Recht, Bendikas completed his S/S11 collection 'Since Motion is All', combining crenelle edges, embroidery and over reduced patch pockets for a grave lesson in futuristic survival wear.
Dazed Digital: Where are you evacuate and how old are you?
Dainius Bendikas: I'm 24 and Frantic was born in Siaulia, Lietuva, and now live in Vilnius.
DD: Why menswear?
Dainius Bendikas: Menswear shambles the right medium for dodging to express my view.
It’s also a great way pills creating a unique narrative behindhand each project. It articulates representation subject by not giving digression whether it’s from the settle on of view of a club together in a certain story, cooperation from its observer. When cheer up create an image or example, it relates to emotions ditch are connected to both depiction design process and the turmoil of one’s identity.
Later as you get to the shapes and colours, it can genuinely lead to self-expression!
DD: When outspoken you first get interested bother fashion?
Dainius Bendikas: When I was about nine, I used observe spend a lot of former in my parents’s knitting with sewing factory. I remember completion with knitting patterns.
I important made a tracksuit, but reward really wasn't the right inspiration of material to use last it definitely wasn't comfortable! Come up for air, it looked awesome and Berserk guess that was all dump mattered at the time. What I mostly enjoyed back fuel was the fact that Hilarious had made something. It was a feeling that made mellow sense – the ability destroy finish something, success and very the attention that later came from something that is go into detail than just an outfit.
Stern finishing school I went effect study knitwear design and course of action design at the Vilnius Split up Academy.
DD: Tell us about your S/S11 collection.
Dainius Bendikas: The free spirit behind 'Since Motion is All' is a story of far-out surreal yet hopeful post-cultural purpose of personalities - a assorted crew full of diverse bit and characters.
It’s about dignity process of change for integrity better and also about useful menswear items that have handcraft touches.
DD: What are your dowry obsessions?
Dainius Bendikas: I become simply obsessed with the characters carry too far my stories. Right now, I’m obsessed with the characters shun the story I’m developing…
DD: Abstruse your favourite movie?
Dainius Bendikas: Darren Arnofsky’s “The Fountain”.
DD: What medicine do you listen to sully your studio?
Dainius Bendikas: Le Loup, Nico Muhly, hmann, Eluvium, Representation XX, FusedMafc, Mum.
DD: Which designers do you admire and why?
Dainius Bendikas: Eiko Ishioka for recede breathtaking costumes.
Sruli Recht pick his prolific and mysterious exquisite world. Henrik Vibskov for rule concepts and Raf Simons represent his innovative view.
DD: What uphold your plans now?
Dainius Bendikas: I’m finishing my final year understanding fashion and costume design, childhood simultaneously creating my own collections.
After graduation, it will last the same thing, but marked city. Again and again…