“Everything you can imagine is real”
‘Haute Papier’ is a whimsical collection made entirely of paper-made costumes, designed by Polish-born, Stockholm-based fashion designer Bea Szenfeld. Pushing fashion to its most sculptural extremes, these utterly impractical yet visually gorgeous costumes seem to have popped out of some avant-garde fashion fantasy. It is.. art at its finest, pleasuring the eye and challenging the creativity.
Being almost a synonym of contemporary fashion, Szenfeld’s costumes have been worn by some of today’s most avant-garde celebrities like Lady Gaga or Björk.
In a more recent collaboration, Bea Szenfeld teamed up with creative agency STOCKHOLM GRAPHICS and photographers Karolina Henke, Carl Thorborg and Stina Wirsén to create a photo campaign for The Royal Swedish Opera. Dancers and singers from the opera’s talented troupe were photographed wearing pieces from Szenfeld’s Haute Papier collection, bringing new life and motion to these extraordinary creations.
The resulting collaboration is now the subject of an exhibition at Stockholm’s Dance Museum, where musicians and dancers can be seen photographed in unexpected, almost surreal settings.
The campaign was directed by Pompe Hedengren, creative director at STOCKHOLM GRAPHICS, who was invited by the Swedish Opera four years ago to reinvent its visual identity.
