Always Bad

Always Bad (African Leonardo da Vinci, Four Elements and Mermaids) it's fashion line of Erwin Michalec that includes several months art experiment as recording the document to each image seen on the outfits. The experiment is a continuation of the idea used in collection "Hidden in Silence" with on-line live streaming from the art studio or from public places that give the audience the opportunity to watch the artist at the time of his work. The experiment involves full transparency with sharing ideas, inspirations and techniques used during the creation of the collections​. The hand painted prototypes are transformed later into wearable fashion line. The starting point its a mixture of African symbols as well as ancient influences of European oldest pottery culture, which existed in Romania plus The Warsaw Mermaid the emblem of capital city of Poland and other art inspirations of Erwin Michalec from the past. Its an attempt to connect of different cultures, separated by hundreds of years of history and thousands of kilometers. www.erwinmichalec.com