Clothing collection “Concrete and terracotta”

The “Concrete and Terracotta” collection is a collection made by the teachers and students of the VVPMC Tailoring Training Programme and will be presented by the Fashion Theatre of the Vilnius Service Business Vocational Training Centre.

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The women’s clothing collection “Concrete and Terracotta” encapsulates the fear of the collapse of civilisation. We live in a time when we cannot be sure of tomorrow. With wars and geopolitical conflicts escalating, it’s natural to be anxious. We watch in horror as apartment blocks in Ukraine collapse under a rain of bombs, we listen with fear to talk of the threat of nuclear war. A war that will leave our concrete civilisation with nothing but pain and concrete rubble.

History records the collapse of more than one civilisation. Wars and disasters have destroyed entire cities, countries and peoples. One such civilisation, Greece, the cradle of culture and art, tells us about the life, culture and current affairs of that time through surviving frescoes, buildings and vases… What does this have to do with the Concrete and Terracotta collection? The collection combines symbols of ancient and modern civilisations. The “warm” terracotta is a glimpse into antiquity, into the ancient Greek ceramics, while the “cold” concrete symbolises contemporary civilisation. Vases, as one of the surviving fragments of ancient Greek culture, also appear in the collection not by chance. It is a reminder that even when everything seems to disappear, something remains. Flowers are another symbol in the collection, reflecting the vitality and permanence of nature… After all, even when buildings collapse, nature soon comes back to life, to life. Let us hope that man, too, will survive this turbulent period, because he, too, is a creature of nature.

In addition, we will organise a tour of our Vocational Training Centre for all participants, during which you will have the opportunity to admire the floral compositions “Blooming shoes”.