First Daughters
Category: Apparel
Competitions: Fashion Competition 2025
First Daughters is a knitwear collection rooted in storytelling, mythology, and the quiet strength of feminine archetypes. Each garment represents a mythological figure—like the Dryads or Nereids—through surface, silhouette, and structure. Inspired by themes of memory, ritual and nature, the collection blends traditional and experimental knit processes, including hand spinning, swiss darning, jacquards, and pleats. The first look is entirely biodegradable, featuring naturally dyed wool and avocado pit buttons—setting the tone for a collection built on care and intention. Sustainability was approached honestly: 90% of the collection is wool-based, with minimal synthetics used only where needed. By combining personal symbolism with tactile craftsmanship, First Daughters invites reflection on what it means to create, wear, and preserve clothing with meaning. This collection reflects on the idea of inherited memory—what is passed down through women, textiles, and time. First Daughters reimagines mythic figures as wearers and keepers of craft. Through cables, pleats, jacquards and embroidery, each garment becomes a vessel for stories rooted in place and care. The first piece in the series is fully biodegradable—naturally dyed, hand-stitched, and buttoned with carved avocado pits. It sets the tone for a collection grounded in material sensitivity. Most garments are made from wool, with minimal synthetics used for necessary shaping and strength. Processes such as full-fashioning, swiss darning and natural dyeing are not only decorative, but symbolic—each decision layered with meaning. This is knitwear as quiet storytelling, shaped as much by memory and method as by form.
