by Rebecca Paul

Photos by Matti Hillig.

When we spotted Alba Prat’s breathtaking couture on Yatzer last week, we were immediately awestruck. A fashion student at the Berlin University of the Arts, Prat used laser-cut neoprene to conjure up images of the deep blue sea and underscore the impact of industrialization on aquatic life. Her “Synthetic Oceans” collection represents an underwater world in transition. Thousands of tons of plastic are carelessly dumped into our oceans every year, leaving a desecrated landscape where sea creatures barely cling onto survival.

OUR POLLUTED OCEANS
By synthesizing fashion, fine art, product design and social commentary, Prat allows her simple yet powerful designs serve as the backdrop for her potent point of view. The collection, Prat tells Yatzer, telegraphs the “cold and dark atmosphere where the beauty of the mutations and the defense mechanisms that its inhabitants embrace is to be seen.”
With cool, muted grays like the sea on a cloudy day, along with contours that rise and fall like the waves of the ocean, Prat’s unconventional wetsuits are the visual seeds that carry her message to the observer. Although neoprene is a chemical-based textile, Prat chose it because of its insulating nature, particularly against frigid waters—her original inspiration.
[Via Yatzer]
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