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Know Yanis Miltgen
Yanis Miltgen is a 23 years old
french-luxembourgish embroidery and textile artist creating sculptural fashion and interior design pieces. His main inspiration is nature. To him, creating is synonymous with transmitting emotion. With his art, he wants to show people that life is beautiful.
Discover the first collection: Histoire d’une vie
Angoisses Mortelles
Poème de glace
Opéra d’Automne
À ma maman
Primavera
Beautiful architectural boy
Souvenirs d’Autriche
Superstitions
Anna Karenine
Butterflies Renaissance
Focus on: Opéra d’Automne
The story
This silhouette tells the story of a singer with the voice of an angel who was invited to Vienna to give a concert at the opera. The next day, she decided to go into the nearby forests. At that moment, something magical happened. Autumnal nature merged with her. Pine cones landed on her clothes and she was drawn to the roots of ancient trees. It was a true symbiosis between nature and this woman. Then she woke up and her dream was over, She was in her hospital bed, She knew that this day would be special. Special because it was the day of her death, So she smiled and put on Vivaldi’s Autumn of the 4 Seasons.
Focus on: Anna Karenine: the time lace dress
The story
This silhouette refers to my favourite book since Yanis was 13. Tolstoy’s: Anna Karenina. This books evokes a notion that he loves in literature: ill-fated love. Anna Karenina portrays this sentiment perfectly, in that the main protagonist commits suicide because of his love. In French literature, the perfect example would be Madame Bovary. Love can lead to madness and sometimes, in the saddest of cases, to death. Time is also very important in this story. The station clock strikes as Anna jumps onto the tracks, as if it were her time to go.
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Butterflies Renaissance
The story
This silhouette is a representation of the person Yanis is. About 8 years ago, he started having panic attacks, ranging from the urge to vomit for no reason to the day when dark thoughts began to cross my mind. When he turned 20, he was so afraid of life that he decided to have himself committed to a psychiatric hospital. The doctor he spoke to saved his life made him understand that he wasn’t suicidal, but that he was actually being overly efficient. He got him out and told him never to lose the butterflies in his eyes when he talked about embroidery. Since that day, he has fought every day to show people that life always wins. So this silhouette is an ode to life, but also his own rebirth.
Awards & Recompenses
Winner of the Design Trust’s People’s Choice Award for Hand&lock the Prize 2023 (London)
The time lace dress (Anna Karenine) has won this prize on November 2023 after being finalist to the Hand&lock the prize for embroidery.
Winner of the prize of the Comité Colbert (les de(ux) mains du luxe) for métiers d’art (Paris)
The video speaking about Yanis’ art pieces has won the first prize in December 2023.
