The Blessed Blooms of Broken Things: A visual essay by Enzo Keuni

Where nature, history, and the human form intertwine in fragile and environmentally conscious beauty. A journey back to your hometown, reliving and re-appropriating a life as a young queer person in the Bible Belt. Growing up in an area full of nature, experienced this sense of freedom and peace. At the same time, I feel constrained and restricted by the conservative way of thinking around you. This collection navigates through a story of identity, the nostalgia of growing up as a triplet and queerness. Dipping into the historical dichotomies between queerness and religion, while marrying these contradicting terms in designs and characters. Curiosity in regrowth and regeneration led to the collection being mostly made from deadstock, home-grown and scrap/waste materials.

Fashion design by Enzo Keuning
Photography by Gijs VD Veerdonk
Art direction and styling by Amber Aste
Hair by Wiardi Koopmeiners
Makeup by Bjorn Moesman
Lighting by Eugene Berkovsk
Editing by IMPOSTERS
Modelled by Puck @ Ulla Models and Jacqui @ Platform Agency
Styling assistance by Tanisha Pronk