Maria petraityte

Grey Sheep

maria.petr

Location

vilnius / lithuania

University

Academy of Art Vilnius

Graduation year

2022

Main Manufacturing Countries

lithuania

Contact

I was born and raised in Lithuania. For past years I have been gaining my craftmanship expertises in fashion. I have received BA diploma in Fashion Design at VILNIUS Academy of Arts. Before that I had got a sustainable fashion design AP degree at Copenhagen School of Design and Technology. I am shaping my design aesthetics somewhere between past and future. The most inspiring things for me are organic nature forms, history and metaphysical philosophies – they all blend in to my design processes. I USE seamlines and textures to create sculptural and organic form within a garment.

My latest collection 'DisTANCE FROM A POINT' is talking about self-analysis – my creative work became the main object of research. It is a journey into myself in search of individuality and distinctive style.

My design language is aiming to develop future visions for clothing. Today, I am making made-to-order and custom items – in this way I want to stay environmental responsible and have freedom to further explore experimental fashion side.

Latest Collection

distance from a point

While studying fashion design I repeatedly had to think about my creative style. As a young designer, these thoughts did not give me peace of mind. Discovering a signature style or individualistic approach allows you to feel stronger in a competitive fashion industry. Those thoughts raise the question: what is my creative portraite?
Fashion reports state that brands must have more individualistic voice, it’s more important brand’s identity then rapidly changing seasonal trends - This highlights the importance of self-analysis in fashion.
in this collection my previous works became my research objects.The Overview whole creative process upon and to render an image of what my designs features really are. In order to see the whole picture I gather the information such as pictures, experiments, sketches. The peculiarities of the work are revealed through the review method: systematization of works, textual description, visual collection and the method of searching for repetitions. The research shows that designs are dominated by the interaction of flexible lines and shapes, the garment is seen as a living object, transformations are used such as details of the garment which can be removed or modified. Key words: organics, structure, transformation. These features reflect in a collection DISTANCE FROM A POINT. The summary of this part of the study is combined with the symbols - spiral, tunnel and vortex. They represent self-exploring paths, evolution and growth of the spirit. Experiments are carried out with these forms in the creative process, the results of which are inte¬grated directly into the constructions and cuts of the garments.
The final collection DISTANCE FROM A POINT has the features of naturalness, organicity, deconstruction identified in the self-analysis of creative work research, integrated historical details such as lacings, give emotions of archaicness, visible transformation. The colorite is kept nuanced - dark and warm earth tones.
The collection balances between avant-garde and wearable clothing.
The main character in the collection is a nomad who travels from a starting point to a certain goal known only to him - in this journey it finds thing about itself.