Marcha Schagen graduated from HKU in 2012 (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht) and has been on a journey ever since. She is continuously asking herself how to relate to society as individual and to the creative industry as the artist she is today. After a variety of successful fashion- and performance projects she felt like starting something of her own. Last year she has been working on her project ‘Beating Lines’, a collection that consists of five wearable pieces. ‘Beating Lines’ reflects on moving and rejecting existing preconceived ‘lines’ as a metaphor for barriers and frameworks. Schagens newest collection is a portrayal of development, inspired by the element of time. A time-lapse can be seen in these five designs: starting with traditional techniques (such as weaving and knitting) to computer-controlled (lasered, machining), from natural materials to chemical materials and at last the progress in the movement and restriction of the human body. She recently did a shoot on location, working together with photographer Suzanne Waijers from SOLOS ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Willem Meijer (Model) resulting in an confronting editorial. In the shoot, she searched for the ambience to suit every movement of each design, still focusing on lines as an overall.

When we asked her what her collection is all about, she said: “The feeling that I’m gliding with an express train on a mapped out railroad, without stopovers. When will I take the time to stand still and consider another line?”. Life is all about taking time to make the right decisions, and we absolutly think that Marcha made the right one by designing this collection. Keep an eye on this newcomer, there will most definitely be more to come.