The Special Body Issue:

The Special Body Issue is a fashion film exploring the relationship between the body, nature, and clothing through a collection by Swiss fashion designer Elvira Grau.

The film questions how we perceive and relate to our bodies, approaching the body as part of the natural world. Through visual parallels between the human body, natural elements such as trees, plants, sunlight, wind, stones, leaves, and the collection’s garments, the film explores the connections between these three elements.

The collection’s sheer, lightweight fabrics respond to the wind, reveal the body, and allow light to pass through them. Their movement and transparency create a visual language in which the boundaries between body, clothing, and nature become fluid.

Presented as a three-screen installation, the film develops a visual dialogue between these elements, with images across the screens echoing and responding to one another.

Credits:
Direction, filming: Lina Yakobchuk
Mentoring: Piet Esch
Clothes design: Elvira Grau