Veronique Branquinho Pre-Spring/Resort 2016

"Dresses"

"Freedom"

"A return to simplicity and to an uncomplicated lifestyle"

 Veronique Branquinho x Ronald Stoops 

"I need a really simple pace in my life.

 I just long for simple, authentic things.

 That’s why I said with this collection, 

instead of making a whole story, 

let’s just focus on 15 dresses. 

This is how it started – with a return to simplicity. 

I think that there was a feeling of nature that was connected to that. 

That’s why we decided to go to a forest with the girls and the dresses. 

Like with my A/W15 collection, 

there are words hidden in the dresses: 

love, hope and faith. 

And in a skirt there is "wild at heart", 

like the song or the movie by David Lynch, 

which I really love. 

It’s also a really nice state of mind — 

it’s an option to be wild at heart. 

To be free. Freedom from the rules."

"It’s always been a twisted relationship between fashion and the industry. 

It’s a creative thing, 

but it seems like all the figures and numbers have taken over. 

And I think we need to find a balance. 

I think when I started I was much more confident about designing and 

now it’s about rules. 

This collection was an emotional thing; 

I asked myself, 

'where do I come from? 

When was I really happy?' 

Because I am happy in the moment of creation, 

and I really love it, 

but this whole thing is tough. 

Especially because, 

even if I'm good, 

I'm still just a little studio; 

I have nothing to compare with the big brands. 

I’m not really playing on the same field." 

"One of the things I said to myself when we started was that

 I really need to find a way that I feel happy working in the industry, 

but also that I connected with people that I love, 

I trust. I just want to be surrounded by them, 

in both life and work. 

It makes it so much better. 

 I need this to be anchored. 

I love what I do — I love my job. 

Because I am happy in the moment of creation."

You can read the interview of Veronique with AnOther magazine here

 and check out the collection here ;)