Robust jackets with waist belts and large patch pockets made of double pilot, jumpsuits made of soft linen chambray or heavy Belgian linen with long, short or no sleeves, wonderfully casual linen blouses with cuff closures – the signature and vision of fashion designer and sculptor Hanne van Tricht can be seen in every part and detail of VAN TRICHT.
The Dutch woman designs collections in Hamburg that are as timeless as they are contrasting. Because Hanne loves contrasts: Here, robust workwear materials meet elegant shapes, flowing fabrics and soft knitwear.
And that’s how it all started with VAN TRICHT
How did Hanne go from sculpture to fashion design? During her studies, a fellow student gave her a pair of carpenter’s trousers made of double pilot. The contrasts of the heavy yet supple material fascinated her and ultimately led her to found VAN TRICHT so that she could work with this type of material.
Hanne about double pilot: “I love the sculptural quality of this fabric, you can ‘sculpt’ with it. It is the granite of fabrics and my great love. When worn, it becomes soft and supple, like a second skin.” Good to know: double pilot is a strong cotton fabric that is mainly used for guild and work clothing.
The result? VAN TRICHT. To this day, Hanne combines coarse fabrics with feminine, elegant shapes. And creates classics of simple elegance.
Forms with timeless clarity. Every piece is thought through down to the last detail. Small editions or made to order. No seasons. The pieces remain in the range for years. And everything with great respect for the craftsmanship in all phases of production. In the VAN TRICHT pieces, every step and thus the work of almost forgotten crafts is honored: weavers, dyers, button makers, knitters.
And the complicated knitting patterns? Hannes’ mother makes them.
Hanne and her mother work together on knitting. Hanne designs and her mother knits the prototypes by hand. The inspiration comes from traditional Dutch fisherman’s sweaters. Two manufacturers in the Netherlands and Belgium then translated the models for the knitting machine and produce them in small series and to order.
In Baden-Württemberg, Hanne works with a weaving mill and a button factory. The sewing factory is in Bavaria. Just like the materials, everything here has been selected with maximum focus on quality, social and ecological sustainability.
A credo at VAN TRICHT? Uncompromising quality.
Zippers from the traditional Swiss company Riri. Buttons made of white mother-of-pearl and corozo. The finest Mühlviertel linen. Raw denim from Japan made on old looms. A rare, naturally colored cotton from California. Traditional loden and worsted fabrics from one of the last cloth weaving mills in Bavaria. Linen from Switzerland dyed with oak bark… Each of these materials has a story to tell. Just like the pieces designed by Hanne.
I want to do something that you can live in.
And always with a connection between the personality of the wearer, the body shape, the movement and the environment. Each piece is designed to underline the beauty of the wearer and to show off her strength. Hanne thinks and designs from the dialogue between body and clothing.
Hanne finds inspiration (who would have guessed) in historical work clothes, traditional costumes and uniforms, and (this is surprising) vintage sportswear. And her colors? They can be combined easily and in many different ways. The palette ranges from ice blue to light gray, reed green, lilac, soft brown, dark blue, black and (what a wonderful name) chocolate pink.
The GREENSTYLE Award at the Textil.Accelerator at the University of Reutlingen has enabled VAN TRICHT to be included in the GREENSTYLE Brand Directory. We wish Hanne every success!
All VAN TRICHT pieces are available in the online shop and in the studio at Colonnaden 72 in Hamburg.
