Hellyiefer grew out of our time in Orkney — a place where weather is not a backdrop but a force. Rain moves horizontally. Wind reshapes posture. Landscapes carry traces of conflict, labour, and survival. Nothing feels staged. Everything feels earned.
What began as a journey became a collaboration. Alongside Deadline Art Collective, tailor Frederik Andersen (A.W. Bauer, Stockholm) entered the project with a proposal: to strip away the old English suit that had slowly become an impediment, acting as an armour hindering our progress. He wanted to help us move closer to something lived.
The result was Kirkwall — a suit rooted in early 19th-century workwear. Masculine, practical, and direct. Made from the same material and cut, yet designed to evolve differently on two bodies. Over time, the fabric records movement, habit, exposure — like landscape records weather.
Hellyiefer is not only about place. It is about endurance. About weather as condition. About clothing as a second landscape.
