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Based in Zürich, Corinna Mattner is a textile artist, upcycling designer, and conceptual force behind the sustainable fashion label Romy Hood. Her work focuses on transforming high-quality vintage textiles, discarded materials, and leftover fabrics into unique, wearable pieces of art. Through this poetic approach, she highlights the value of pre-existing materials and challenges contemporary consumer behaviors.
Deeply invested in structural change within the fashion industry, Mattner integrates textile design with community activism. Her active member profile at Fashion Revolution Switzerland, board presence for the Maison Shift collective, and co-foundation of the No Sweatshop initiative show her commitment. Her creative practice frequently expands beyond standard garments to incorporate live upcycling performances, sound art, and natural flower and leaf printing.
The collections merge high quality vintage and found textiles with deadstock fabrics, Cut-Ups and delicate botanical prints. There are one-of-a-kind unique pieces, ready to wear classics, just printed vintage and own designs. Most of the pieces will be "made to order" in the Zurich Atelier, which makes adaptions possible and gives way to produce fittet to the customers body.
Romy's textile and activist world is drawing inspiration from playful and professional encounters. There are quite frequent options to join workshops, co-create or attend events: Coming up: Relaunch at the incredible OMG FRANCK! in Basel on June 17.
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