Baltis

A sturdily constructed, wide-collared bowling shirt, buttoned neatly all the way to the bottom like a jacket or shacket. Rough-surfaced river shell buttons. 

A sturdily constructed, wide-collared bowling shirt, buttoned neatly all the way to the bottom like a jacket or shacket. Brown, rough-surfaced river shell buttons. Roomy semi-circular pocket. Shirts designed and made in Lithuania.

Baltis trompe l'oeil shirt wearing instructions.

Illusion (trompe l'oeil) of a short-sleeved shirt layered over a long sleeve.

Designed and handmade in Lithuania.

Two-color long-sleeved Baltis shirt with a band collar, made in complex raglan style. The shirt can be worn in several ways - both the sleeve at the elbow and the sleeve-ends at the wrist can be rolled up or it can fall freely. Off-white Agoya Mother of Pearl button reflections are the third color. Illusion (trompe l'oeil) of a short-sleeved shirt layered over a long sleeve.

Bodoko, hanten and donja are all mended and patched up like armour to protect from the external effects. In theory, such garments could continue being repaired endlessly. Just like the Ship of Theseus, where rotten wooden parts were replaced by new ones, these garments could last for decades remaining the same, yet different. The garments have an implied frame and shape, which survive throughout the constant repair of fabrics.

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Creation of clothing has gradually turned into the creation of fashion, and now it is even referred to as the fashion design. Even the Bauhaus movement, the simplified and functional traces of which can be found nearly everyday in our environment, didn’t leave noticable traces in creation of clothing. Constructivism has taken strong roots in architecture and industrial design, but its application in creation of clothing is more complicated as there are certain peculiarities to be factored in; e.g. changes in clothes during movement, physique and geometrically imperfect organic shape of the body. The most simple and impractical expression of constructivism is to dress the body with geometric shapes, like the stage costumes of the Triadisches Ballet (The Triadic Ballet), which look more like moving sculptures rather than costumes. In this example, the kinetic function of geometric forms prevails over the comfort of wearing the costumes. 

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