“It’s all about movement and how emotions flow through us and our bodies,” Stine Goya said of his pre-collapse collection. Ballet was her starting point, though she approached it creatively. Traditional broderie anglaise was customized into a pajama-like ease on a white cotton set, with openwork taking the form of ballet slippers, bows and flowers rather than more traditional, non-narrative patterns. Some of these ballet motifs were on a smaller scale, to feature a short pink dress hem, which, like a gray jacket, featured elastic button straps on either side of the waist to allow for a custom fit. Elsewhere, an SG logo inspired by tulle was worked into the swirl of the tulle, and a custom print consisting of faded dots suggested movement in a way that didn’t just speak of ballet.
A cherry blossom tree print used on a long dress with puff sleeves was a backstory – it’s based on the tree that blooms in the courtyard of the listed building where Goya works. Telling a different story was a painting of a cornflower blue full-skirted dress with a long-sleeved gray knitted top. With its 90s and high-low mix, it suggested an understated, perhaps even cool, look beyond a full-on print for the brand.
