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‘Wie het breed heeft, laat het breed hangen’, Collection 2025
a collection that explores the tension between authenticity, aspiration and display.
This collection interrogates the ways in which social status is displayed, inherited, and exaggerated. Drawing inspiration from traditional Dutch klederdracht, the project reflects on how clothing historically communicated wealth and position, and how those codes persist today through logomania and luxury branding. The work questions what it means to “show you have it” in a culture where excess becomes a language of power, and how symbols of status continue to shape collective desire.
Sculptural silhouettes echo the structure of folk costumes, reinterpreted through layered designs where both genuine and imitation rich fabrics highlight the tension between tradition and spectacle. Across nine looks of which two are handcrafted, decorative elements echoing logos and status symbols are distorted and recontextualized, transforming excess into a statement of intent.
In ‘Wie het breed heeft laat het breed hangen’, Lucie Oggel merges tradition and irony, craftsmanship and critique — creating garments that both celebrate and expose the spectacle of showing off.