Chelsea Jean Lamm l Amalgamare l 2022

Описание: Chelsea Jean Lamm l Amalgamare l Spring Summer 2022

This collection is based on the idea that by uniting two people’s dreams, fantasies and ideas, a new dimension of insurmountable opportunities arises: By merging the individual visions of the upcoming fashion designer Chelsea Jean Lamm and the contemporary fine artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, the world of AMALGAMARE was created.

Inspirations were drawn from the fantastical creatures, beasts and monsters, found within bestiaries of the Middle Ages. By analysing these mythical creatures, trying to imagine the world they might inhabit and what experiencing a serendipitous meeting with them could be like, the designer began to create futuristic animal creatures that are similar to modern cyborgs, yet envision the fusion of the human, the machine and the animal.

Within this trinity the human poses as a creator and dreamer, the machine helps to turn human visions into reality and the animal acts as the protagonist within the utopian place named Amalgamare. The title, which has it's roots in chemistry, translates as fusion and describes the process of combining and uniting two different elements, in this case contemporary art and fashion.

Design and Concept: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Cinematography: Sean Young
Artist: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Model: Nondumiso Beattie
Hair & Make-Up: Annika Carstens, Tammy Hardy
Jewellery: For Lorne
Assistants: Michael Bergmann, Mila Engelbrecht