Eleonora Volpe is a fine artist, creative director and noted fashion stylist with a focus on sustainable brands and vintage. She is now launching her own sustainable creative brand called EV STYLE: a series of pieces of reworked garments that bridge art and fashion. For the shoot Eleonora called upon her creative friends to model. They share with us the experience of working with and wearing the designs of EV STYLE.
About EV STYLE Collection
The inspiration behind the designs has been Brooklyn and it’s unique style and in particular the fun and inclusivity behind the freedom of expression through clothes.
I believe clothes should embody our values and be able to shine our personalities. In my creative point of view I want to empower women of all ages and backgrounds to be free and play. In the collection I have incorporated what I have learned working 10 years as a stylist to create movement and unexpected fits and patterns. Every piece has been handpicked from vintage stores and reworked with art and sustainability as their main core.
The editorial as a consequence wanted to highlight the same values: sustainability, equality, freedom, fun, friendship and art. The models were shot in a very intimate setting and they were left free to dance around and feel the clothes. The shots came out in a very spontaneous way, I couldn’t have asked for a better team, the positive vibration immediately comes through in the pictures.
The pieces from this first EV STYLE collection are now available for sale at ART TO WARE inside the Oculus in NYC and LAGOON NY in Brooklyn
Diana Gabriel + Eleonora Volpe
I wore a red leather jacket and a button down shirt with hand painted embellishments. The whole day I was surrounded by creative, excited professionals. Totally a positive and inspiring experience! Posing with Eleonora Volpe while wearing amazing fashion garments , it was very easy to relate to the clothes and exude positive energy. –Diana
Diana Gabriel and Eleonora Volpe
These midseason jackets are vintage pieces selected in thrift stores in Manhattan and they have been handpainted with floral and abstract art.
Ashley Rose Nicholas + Kate russell
As a dancer, wearing pieces that invite versus restrict movement is always important to me.
But realistically it can be difficult to find clothes that meet this criteria and are also beautiful, high-quality garments. So wearing pieces that were all this plus hand/made and sustainable? Nothing short of magical to me. –Kate
Ashley Rose Nicholas and Kate Russell
Ashley is wearing an upcycled denim jacket and pants with black appliqués that create movement and patterns. Katelyn is wearing an upcycled fringed blazer with handmade detachable rose brooches.
sofia diaz
Wearing Eleonora’s clothes was such a fun experience. I felt beautiful and sexy. The way she combined the garments and assigned them to different personalities made total sense. I was really inspired by her designs and actually told her I wanted to explore different styles for myself, and she answered that it is just a matter of doing it, playing with the clothes and styling them . She’s passionate and knows what she is doing, and she totally transmits that in her designs. –Sofia Diaz
Set of Handpainted upcycled jacket and skirt.
Diana is wearing a handpainted peacock vintage button down shirt.
Katelyn is wearing a Boho reworked fringed denim top with buttons in the front.
Handpainted vegan Doc Martens.
Ashley rose Nicholas
I was ecstatic to join this project, Eleonora has always remained authentic and steadfast in the sustainability space. I’m proud of not only her tenacity but how fashionable yet kind to the Earth this collection truly is. –Ashley Rose
Upcycled denim corset styled with a fringed fun belt on top.
Handpainted thrifted shoes.
Geeta Minocha
I have always been drawn to Eleonora’s art, but actually wearing her patterns adds a level of intimacy to the experience. She feels unstoppable in the vibrant prints, a dynamic burst of color that encapsulates the relationship between fashion and other art mediums. –Geeta
Secondhand rain jacket with handmade tridimensional roses appliqué
Kim macharia
My mission in life is to create a more equitable and sustainable world. It brings me great joy to know that the clothes I wore that day serve as a visible representation of the values I uphold. Eleonora’s collection is full of bold, beautiful pieces that are eye-catching, but when you look behind the current and begin to unpack the intention she put into her work, don’t be surprised if her purpose-driven creations also manage to pull on your heart strings. The world needs more artists like Eleonora. –Kim
Kim is wearing sustainably printed silk pieces. The art on the fabrics comes from a painting that is part of visceral visions collection.
Amanda Hamm + Salomé Sol
Reworked t-shirt with cutouts on the sides and built in denim bralette with braids in the back.(R)
I’m passionate about sustainable practices and meaningful connections. Wearing reworked garments with an artistic flair by Eleonora Volpe feels like wrapping myself in creativity and purpose. Each piece tells a story of sustainability and style, blending eco-consciousness with unique, wearable art. There’s nothing quite like feeling good about what you wear, knowing it’s also kind to the Earth. –Amanda
I think the whole collection and feeling of the clothes was very free spirited. Everything was handpicked by Eleonora based on how she felt at the moment, and each picture was just an organic capture of us playing in the clothes. The second set I wore was a fabric print from her paintings, and the feeling really came through that we were wearing, and embodying self expression. I never like to feel restricted and the clothes reflected that. It was the most fun I’ve ever had in a fashion shoot. –Salomé
Eleonora Volpe is a self taught sustainable Italian artist that has been active for the last 10 years expressing herself through art and fashion. She has been living in NYC and working as creative director and sustainable fashion stylist for runway shows, editorials, commercials and more. Eleonora is also a painter that reuses upcycled materials and is represented by Bustani Agency. Two years ago she released a collection of abstract paintings, a series called “visceral visions” that have been subject of several art exhibitions in the States and in Italy. She is now launching a new sustainable creative brand called EV STYLE: a series of pieces of reworked garments that bridge art and fashion.
You can find her on instagram at ev.style and her artwork at visceralvisions111
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CREDITS
Designer-creative director-model: Eleonora Volpe
Photographers: Lucas Hoeffel, Liz Ornitz
ph assistants and bts: Bethany Vaters, Zani
HMUA: Auralis Flores , Virginia Dervil
Production coordinator: Steven Gil
location: Bathhouse studios
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