Groppo

Hello, who is Groppo? GROPPO are plated yarn maniacs. GROPPO believes in craftsmanship through machines, but that these machines are nothing without design. GROPPO a knitwear obsessed community.

Why and how do you see so much potential in knitwear? We see fashion as a medium for messages, a way to express ourselves in the world. Our ideas live not just in graphics but in shape, construction, pattern, texture, and color. Knitwear broadens our possibilities, letting us build from the fiber up and explore the structure of the knit itself.

Why did you choose to set up your own consultancy and production studio? Working as a knitwear design consultant is truly challenging. The DNA of the brands we collaborate with must be respected, protected, and pushed. Applying our skills to other aesthetics allows us to explore worlds normally far from our own.

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Over the years we’ve moved from more conventional processes, approaching what drives our work lately: deconstruction. Understanding the construction of a garment, then breaking it down and reassembling it in unconventional ways, lets us achieve pieces that remain wearable while holding that balance of deceptive simplicity and layered complexity.

How important is it for you to create your own world? Our world is built from ghostly veggies, medieval punk, imaginary animals, and a witchy-feminist urgency. Building our own world it is an act of survival: we merge what we love with
the battles we choose, and from that, the clothes take shape — more than garments, they are statements.
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