Fashion design graduate Fabienne Fischer incorporates compression tights from medi into her collection:
The fashion design graduate Fabienne Fischer struggled with heavy legs, especially when standing for long periods.
Her doctor diagnosed her with vein problems and prescribed her medical compression stockings, which she has worn ever since.
She completed her final project at the Hochschule Hannover, where she combined functional materials with unusual designs to create futuristic garments.
She also used medi compression stockings: “The compression function and versatility of the medi stockings inspired me so much that I just had to incorporate them into my collection”, enthuses Fabienne Fischer.
The leitmotif that runs through Fabienne Fischer’s pieces is the motto of “slow fashion” - a term used for sustainable fashion. Unlike “mass consumption”, slow fashion pieces are with us for longer. Fabienne Fischer says the garments have a sustainable character.
It was important to Fabienne Fischer to use high quality, functional materials from manufacturers who also attached great importance to sustainability.
“medi products are made in Germany, and lots of the manufacturing processes are done by hand. This fits perfectly with my ideas about sustainability.”
For her collection, Fabienne Fischer designed mood boards and thought about what colours would be used. This is how she explains the title, “We are children of the sky”: “The sky looks different wherever you are in the world, yet somehow always the same. And even though it’s far away, it always surrounds us, regardless of where we are. The “children” represent the community character of fashion.
The collection isn’t just about me, it’s also about the people around me. “We are children of the sky” symbolises this connective element between people who all have the same origin.”
This is then followed by the choice of materials. Fabienne Fischer used robust fabrics that are also used in the production of parachutes, along with traditional fabrics with warm and stretchy properties, such as fleece, jersey and Coolmax®.
Prof. Martina Glomb was the first examiner. Fabienne Fischer discussed her work with her on a weekly basis.
Prof. Glomb worked for many years as head designer for fashion legend, Vivienne Westwood, in London. She knows the industry well, provides useful contacts for her students and helps them procure materials.
The college’s workshop management also actively supports students by showing them how fabrics are processed and how the materials work.
By developing her collection, Fabienne Fischer’s main goal is to confront people with fashion and its function, because clothes can do more than look good.
“Of course there are sceptics who questioned the design. That’s partly because the garments are very exaggerated”, reflects Fabienne Fischer on reactions to her collection.
But lots of people also said: “I can imagine wearing this!”
Especially when they touched the fabrics and found out more about the special functions to fully understand the concept.
Read more about Prof. Martina Glomb’s experiences with medi’s medical compression stockings here:
Fabienne Fischer studied fashion design at the Hochschule Hannover under renowned fashion designer, Prof. Martina Glomb. After spending time abroad in England and Sweden, she completed her degree in 2016 with her first collection, “We are children of the sky”.
In her final project she combined fashionable aesthetics and functional clothing materials under the motto of “fashion meets function”. She also used medi compression stockings.
