Kathiuska · Objects

Floating & Mandrake Jackets

Limited-edition corduroy jackets with illustrated linings.

Model wearing a rust, cream, olive and black colour-block jacket in a warmly lit interior

I designed these limited-run corduroy jackets with illustrated linings. The printed patterns sit inside the garments, contrasting with their colour-block outer panels. Photography: Valentina Hernández.

Role: Creative direction, design and illustration
Category: Textiles & objects

Pink and yellow mandrake-like character with a leafy green head and outstretched root-shaped limbs

Floating Jacket Life is more fun when you carry your friends with you.

Front and back jacket design drawings with colour-block panels and handwritten construction notes

Colour-block jacket laid flat, with rust, cream, olive and black panels and a zip closure

Lining fabric pattern

Dense black pattern of finely outlined mandrake-like figures and small botanical details

Side view of a model wearing the colour-block jacket and light trousers against white

Full-length model in the rust and black jacket, blue jeans and dark boots

Seated model leaning forward in the colour-block jacket and light trousers

Rear view of a model wearing the olive-backed jacket with blue jeans

Close-up of black printed fabric with pale botanical outlines and a sewn label

Overhead photograph of a model in the colour-block jacket reclining on a patterned rug

Mandrake JacketThe mandrake is one of history’s best-known magical plants, and a symbol and amulet of prosperity and good fortune.

Front and back technical drawings of a tan and brown jacket with blue trim and annotated pockets

Tan and brown jacket with blue collar and pocket trim laid flat against white

Lining fabric pattern

Repeating pale mandrake-like figures scattered across dark blue fabric

Model posing in a tan and brown jacket with blue collar, cuffs and pocket trim

Full-length model in the blue-trimmed jacket and dark trousers against white

Rear detail of the tan jacket as a model lifts their hair, showing a small back emblem

Model opening the jacket to reveal its dark blue printed lining

Close-up of the blue patterned jacket lining and a sewn Friki label

Model wearing the tan and blue jacket while seated in a green armchair

Model reclining on grass in the blue-trimmed jacket beside dense greenery

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