Our linen and cotton blend makes the greige colour richer and more textured, as the linen gives honeycomb a somewhat dry look, far from usual.
For this design, Daniel Hurlin explored all kinds of visuals related to Japanese craftsmanship, and specifically ceramics. He worked with large and organic motifs, with a dynamic composition that blurs repetition. The one we chose is inspired by suribachi mortar bowls, grooved on the inside for crushing and preparing sesame seeds. "I drew the streaks and worked on a fairly neutral background, grey and azure-blue to make it masculine and elegant but still with visual impact and refinement."
Initially, the project was a collaboration with Daniel Hurlin to design elegant and comfortable interior clothing in line with the modernist designers that Patric was very fond of: Alvar Aalto, Eileen Gray, etc.
The kimono cut presents a visual simplicity that allows the fabric to express all its texture, responding to hollington aesthetic: loose sleeves, smooth waistband and clean lines. Daniel Hurlin explains that he imagined a person wearing this bathrobe inside Villa Cavrois (the most emblematic achievement of the architect Mallet-Stevens), in a harmonious and coherent whole.
As often with creation, the result expresses something other than the initial intention and this interior garment works just as well as a bathrobe!
