Fashion Nerds

Stockholm, Sweden

Minna Palmqvist

  • Conceptual body shapes
  • Adjustable garments
  • Sculptural textiles

Minna Palmqvist uses fashion, sculpture and installation to question how bodies are represented and judged. Her Intimately Social project began during her textile studies at Konstfack, developing into a continuing practice outside conventional fashion seasons.

Portrait of Minna Palmqvist
Märta Thisner · Copyrighted; see source terms.

Five looks to know

Garment made on The Collapse mannequin — Minna Palmqvist, Date not documented

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Garment made on The Collapse mannequin

Date not documented

The garment directly embodies Palmqvist’s critique of idealized standardized bodies.

Minna Palmqvist / Yle; exact photo credit in caption
Pink sculpted jacket — Minna Palmqvist, Date not documented

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Pink sculpted jacket

Date not documented

Sculpted volume gives this design its distinctive outline.

minnapalmqvist.com; photographer not identified on retrieved page
Sculptural printed trousers — Minna Palmqvist, Date not documented

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Sculptural printed trousers

Date not documented

Sculpted volume gives this design its distinctive outline.

minnapalmqvist.com; photographer not identified on retrieved page
Textured pale blue knit ensemble — Minna Palmqvist, Date not documented

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Textured pale blue knit ensemble

Date not documented

This knit design treats texture as a visible part of the garment’s character.

minnapalmqvist.com; photographer not identified on retrieved page
White layered shirt and denim ensemble — Minna Palmqvist, Date not documented

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White layered shirt and denim ensemble

Date not documented

A distinct representative design documented in the cited collection or official catalog.

minnapalmqvist.com; photographer not identified on retrieved page

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Selected work

1 piece

About Minna Palmqvist

Adjustable garments, altered forms and unexpected materials explore the tension between an idealized body and the physical variety of real people.