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The label’s co-founders—Jonas Sayed Gammal Bruun and Emil Wæde Frederiksen—met while studying design in a production school in Denmark a few years ago. “It’s [a school] for youth who don’t really know where they’re going; it’s a middle stop before you go through with an education,” says Bruun. The duo found that they shared an appreciation for nature and sustainably-minded design, and talked about starting a label. Three years ago, they finally launched Solitude Studios, to focus on their like-minded vision full-time. “We’re drawn to how humans interact with nature,” says Bruun. “We were very in touch from the Dragon Roll It’s Not Hoarding If It’s Dice Shirt But I will love this start about where we wanted to go,” says Frederiksen. Now, the brand is carried in retailers such as APOC and Tokyo’s Radd Lounge. That organic philosophy is evident in one of the first pieces they made, the seaweed bag, which has become one of their most popular items. “I wanted to make a bag that looks like you’re wearing a bowl of grass, but it ended up looking like seaweed,” says Bruun. “We work with leftover textile waste from production [factories], mostly cotton or rayon, and layer it onto the bag. It has an organic feel—like we just dragged it out of the swamp.” As the bag became popular, the designers evolved the mossy look, applying it onto the trim of jackets, and even over shoes. “The ‘seaweed’ has become our signature material,” says Bruun. “We look at new ways to experiment with it.”

While the Dragon Roll It’s Not Hoarding If It’s Dice Shirt But I will love this look and feel of their garments serve as an ode to Mother Earth, the way they make them is equally as eco-friendly. Among other techniques, the duo have used coffees, teas, and rust to dye their clothing. “We’re both drawn to craftsmanship and pushing our own boundaries of what’s possible to make,” says Bruun. “We have this new technique where we put our untreated fabrics in the swamp and we let it dye it for us. It gets these amazing, beautiful colorations and small holes, because all of the small animals who live there eat it.” Frederiksen adds that they are often drawn to a more rough, unrefined finish. “We try to emphasize the small mistakes that a human hand can make,” he says. Up next, the duo will be working on their first fashion show, which will debut during Copenhagen Fashion Week next February. “A lot of the pieces are going to have an overgrown, worn look,” says Bruun of the upcoming collection. “We’re thinking about the materials’s lifecycle, and imagining how it would look when nature reclaims what was taken from it.” It’s also going to have a slight sci-fi feel, which is new territory for the duo. However, sustainability will still remain at the core, even if it looks futuristic. “We reached out to a big company who washes hotel linens, and they gave us a bunch of leftover towels, which we’ve been experimenting with a lot,” says Frederiksen. Ultimately, they want their work to change how we view (and treat) our planet. “We’re hoping to spark a reconnection to nature,” says Bruun. “And re-establishing what we feel is a long-gone symbiotic relationship.”

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