Karolina Wójtowicz
Fashion Design
Amfi Amsterdam Fashion Institute
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Textiles / Womenswear / Storytelling
My location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Karolina Wójtowicz
First Name: Karolina
Last Name: Wójtowicz
University / College: Amfi Amsterdam Fashion Institute
Course / Program: Fashion Design
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Textiles / Womenswear / Storytelling
My Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
About
I was born and raised in Poland, Warsaw. I am now graduated from Amsterdam Fashion Institute. I think moving from home at an early stage of my life and changing the environment and culture significantly shaped me as a designer. Taking the contrast of my home life in Poland and my life here in Amsterdam is a big inspiration for my projects. Drawing inspiration from that allows me to be vulnerable and to reflect and cope with unresolved questions I might have about myself. In the second year of my studies, I discovered my passion for latex which now became a big part of my fashion career.
The starting point of my collection is Suki — a character I created to give shape to my feelings pulled from two worlds: the cultural background I come from and the environment around me. She’s rebellious and manipulative — someone who craves adrenaline and freedom, and that’s where her love for motorcycles comes from. At first, Suki seemed tough and untouchable, but as I developed her, I found more of a vulnerable, nostalgic side. This side comes from her roots — from things she didn’t choose but that still shape her. She’s the daughter of Polish immigrants. Though she’s never lived in her family’s country, fragments of her heritage surface. She doesn’t fully understand them, but they’re part of her. Her strong bond with her grandmother and the old fabrics and objects in the house draws her closer to a culture both foreign and familiar. Suki lives between who she wants to be and what she unknowingly carries. The collection explores the complexity of leaving one’s home country and building a new identity. The things that used to be close to us are no longer, and that is only when we can start to appreciate them and adapt them to our new reality.
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