George Kroustallis Explores the Juxtaposition of our Past and Future with Utopia: Sisters
George Kroustallis Explores the Juxtaposition of our Past and Future with Utopia: Sisters
How Fashion and Architecture Redefine the Human Experience
Project:
Utopia: Sisters
Photography & Creative Direction:
George Kroustallis
Stylist:
Jade Sheils
Models:
Tasha Malek & Smilla Herbst
Make-up & Hair:
Melanie Hoppe
Words:
Marissa Stempien
The latest project from photographer and creative director George Kroustallis of Minorstep is Utopia: Sisters, an exhibition of style, photography, artistry, and nature. Showcasing the idea of architecture and fashion as sisters, models Tasha Malek and Smilla Herbst are reflections of one another in opposing colors and styles from designers like Totême, LVIR, The Row, Aeyde, Maison Margiela, and Alexander McQueen. Aside from their sartorial imagery, the models stand in one of two environments—a green and rocky lake or against the backdrop of an angular, architectural structure.
“Architecture and fashion are sisters. We defend that idea, and create a story in a powerful location to draw clear parallels between the two disciplines, exploring interesting shapes, displayed structure, forms, emphasis on materials,” Kroustallis notes. “The tower in the location acts as a metaphor for our common history, our present and our future—a powerful sculpture as a trace of memory in a desecrated landscape that is transforming into an idyllic lake landscape. A landscape where fashion and architecture will keep growing together, more interconnected than ever.”
The juxtaposition of both fashion and architecture in this capacity sees them not only as an anthesis of the other, but defined by one another. An artistic comment on the human experience—our past, present, and future—told through the lens by luxurious fabrics, angular structures, and pastoral vistas. Through this imagery, we explore this balance of our past and future and our place within it.
