Yvonne Schichtel
Fashion Design and Management BSc
Cornell University
Specialisms: Womenswear / Fashion Styling / Apparel
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Yvonne Schichtel
First Name: Yvonne
Last Name: Schichtel
Specialisms: Womenswear / Fashion Styling / Apparel
Sectors: Fashion/Textiles/Accessories / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories
My Location: Antwerp, Belgium
University / College: Cornell University
Course / Program Title: Fashion Design and Management BSc
About
Yvonne Schichtel is a graduate from Cornell University holding a degree in Fashion Design. Her thesis collection focuses on beauty sans the male gaze, developed around a new method of sustainable design in which everything has the potential to be deemed valuable. She is currently a student at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp continuing her studies in fashion design.
LOST AND FOUND addresses the objects of power and ownership in relation to gender. It questions how we view the value of objects and subsequently attach meaning. Following the journey of a woman gone mad, she turns her meaningless, gendered, utilitarian based tools into jewelry. By elevating the value of such objects she thereby elevates her own. The collection was developed based around the design philosophy that everything has the potential to be valuable. All material utilized was sourced from second-hand stores, deadstock, and random trinkets passed down through generations. To wear an object on the body is to embed it with value. Research focus considers the historical bearings of chatelaines, the 1960’s Youthquake Movement, and the Dadaist philosophy.