Volutio by Anna Kleihues

The label Volutio stands for a man of modern thought and emancipation dressed in eloquent yet uncoerced suits that evolve from the established formal attire. Volutio continues the search for an advanced form to suit today’s chevalier. I founded the label Volutio in 2007 after a medaled diploma from AMD Düsseldorf. “Le chevalier parmi les dandies” AW0809 was nominated for the “Innovationspreis Textil+Mode 2008” and will be sold in Berlin. “The chevalier’s rose” SS09 is the second commercialised collection and will be shown in Paris in June. The idea and passion came with the question why men are bound to suits and women have a greater freedom in formal wear. Since the three-part-suit has not changed much in the last two hundred years, although it has not lost its potency, its meaning and appearance in society have evolved. During the examination of the history of men’s attire, I decided to develop it further – to give the suit a comeback in a new form. My first glimpse of life I caught between dogs and horses in the countryside. When I was five we moved to Berlin, where I live again now. Coming from a family of architects – always surrounded by art and design – I worked on my mother’s sewing machine when I was 13, but would have never thought of going into fashion – an artificial world of glamour and make-up. I wanted to become a scientist and studied physics in Zurich and Toulouse. During that time I realised my need for space, visuals and handcrafting, and found costume design, fashion and performing arts to be my destiny.