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Collection IV · Childhood / Belonging

Nostalgia

The age we are not.

Why do we desire
the age we are not?

A collection about the in-between. Childhood that looks forward. Adulthood that looks back. Clothing as a bridge between both.

Explore the collection

Memories
materials
other selves

I

The Rabbit Hole

Sources of a dream that repeats

Fragments of memories, artworks, objects and atmospheres that shaped Nostalgia. A personal archive between reality and imagination, where time folds.

Rabbit, clock, patchwork and childhood memory collage

Art
Objects
Places
Emotions
Childhood
Persistence

II

The Six Components

A wardrobe in pieces

Essential elements that build the collection. Each piece carries memory, function and transformation.

Six Nostalgia collection garment components
KnitTopPantSkirtRibbonPatchwork
III

A Palette of Memories

Colors that hold time

Colors from another moment, still present. A palette between childhood warmth and adult depth, where the past and future touch.

Five painted Nostalgia collection color swatches
Midnight Plum#220812Carmine#711F23Rust Orange#876734Marigold#F2BC68Storybook Blue#315C74
IV

Knit, Patchwork and Texture

A tactile language

Cable knit, patchwork, velvet-like depth, reversed seams and everyday jersey. Familiar materials, reimagined to hold contradictions.

Orange cable knit, velvet, gingham, patchwork and ribbon material study

The ordinary
holds
keepsakes.
Memories.

V

Adjustable Silhouettes

Forms that hold and return

Proportions that refuse to stay fixed. Drawstrings, ties and modular pieces that adapt, echoing how we carry different ages within us.

LOOK 01FRONT · PROFILE · BACK
Three-view fashion illustration of the girl’s adjustable patchwork silhouette
PATCHWORK LAYERSADJUSTABLE TIES / MODULAR HEM
LOOK 02FRONT · PROFILE · BACK
Three-view fashion illustration of the boy’s adjustable knit silhouette
KNIT VOLUMEBRAIDED LAYER / DRAWSTRING FORM

Tie
Adjust
Layer
Transform
Be both

VI

The World We Wear

Nostalgia in real life

Fragments come together in movement. Childhood as protagonist of a story that belongs to all of us.

Different
bodies.
Same
memories.

Somewhere between
where we were
and who we become.

Nostalgia lives here.

Collection archive / Credits

The hands behind
the world.

Nostalgia
Concept, collection & fashion design
Daniela Vicuña
Textile and garment development
Daniela Vicuña
Project imagery
Daniela Vicuña archive
Website image treatments
AI-assisted editorial collage