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Re Created Sustainable Suite by Kestutis Lekeckas

Re Created Sustainable Suite

Golden A' Design Award Winner 2021

Positioned at the intersection of ecological responsibility and haute couture innovation, Re Created Sustainable Suite by Kestutis Lekeckas represents a significant contribution to the evolving discourse surrounding sustainable luxury menswear, demonstrating how environmental stewardship need not compromise aesthetic ambition or sartorial sophistication. The work emerges from traditions of deconstructivist fashion that gained prominence through avant-garde designers who challenged conventional garment construction, yet distinguishes itself through its explicit commitment to textile reclamation and material rebirth, transforming pre-existing fabrics into a coherent visual statement that celebrates rather than conceals its composite origins. The technical achievement evident in the blazer's construction rewards careful examination, as disparate fabric panels featuring distinct weave patterns, chromatic values, and textural characteristics have been unified through meticulous seaming that respects the integrity of each material while establishing new formal relationships across the garment's surface geography. The chromatic strategy demonstrates considerable sophistication, orchestrating a restrained palette of grey, navy, and indigo punctuated by the subtle warmth of a blush pocket square, creating visual interest through tonal variation rather than chromatic saturation. This approach suggests an understanding of how color temperature and value contrast can generate compositional dynamism within self-imposed constraints. The Mandarin collar shirt visible beneath the blazer adds a subtle Eastern inflection that universalizes the design's cultural references, while the overall silhouette maintains the proportional elegance associated with refined contemporary tailoring. The industrial setting chosen for presentation provides meaningful conceptual resonance, as the weathered textures of brick, concrete, and aged wood echo the design's philosophy of finding beauty and utility in materials that have already served prior purposes. Viewers are invited to consider how this work challenges assumptions about the relationship between luxury and sustainability, proposing that conscientious material sourcing might enhance rather than diminish the value and meaning embedded within garments we choose to inhabit.

Collection creates a new aesthetic through waste and scrap from the sewing industry. Model design is born from a vivid combination of scraps, colours, proportions and textures. Each model is different and unique. The design reveals a variety of wear options, from a classic snug suit to oversize. Models created from pieces symbolize versatility and multiplicity of a person, inspiring users to rethink their values and re-create their self's. For the presentation, author chose a place that sometimes resembles new constructions and sometimes an apocalypse, which makes to rethink future scenarios.