Silvia García Presas
How do you define your project?
My work is the result of an accident. The accident happened when I had to listen to myself and had to be honest. At that moment, I was working much more on the psycho part of myself (studies of Psychology), but my physical part was demanding more attention. So, I decided to make clothes, play with shapes, build volumes, and choose tones that define me. It has been all the time an exercise of self-knowing, analyzing others, and trying to give birth to something simpler and easier. This is what I do, this is who I am. THEAVANT is joy, mysticism, androgyny, sensuality…
What are the origins of your creation?
I always feel inspired by these countries where men and women dress following their own cultural traditions; their look has something pure to me, and true, and this is powerful. The costumes they wear say a lot about their origin, the lives of their ancestors. The clothes they wear talk honestly about the values of their community. All these images have a very strong impact on me, and sometimes I hardly can decode them and I keep quiet just looking at them, feeling grateful and fortunate.
Dancers are also a great source of inspiration. How would I dress the movement? Without ornaments, without restrictions… Simple and fluid. But dancers are also very strong, determined and focus. Things that I admire and try to approach within the work I do.
Our team is about 7 women, coming up from different backgrounds and countries. We are a small family working for one same goal…
How do you contribute to shape the future?
Thanks to a community of powerful women with voices. The THEAVANT team is about 7 women, coming up from different backgrounds and countries. We are, all together, a small family working for one same goal, working in something we believe in, with all the love and care, with respect and with the ambition of creating something better every time.
Who is your biggest Muse?
My muse is a lot of muses. All these women that are completely silent, with few economical or cultural resources, that stand up and fight for other women.
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