STORM // PETRA – When Knitwear Meets Underground Graphics
Somewhere between fashion, art object and personal statement, a new collaboration has emerged from Copenhagen's independent creative scene.
STORM//PETRA brings together knitwear designer Vigga Storm and tattoo artist and graphic-art-designer Bob Petra – born in the crossroads of wearable art, underground fashion and uncompromising design.
Together they present a collection of around 10 original outfits where hand-knit textiles, print, graphics and artistic objects merge into one shared expression.
"Some clothes are worn. Others become part of the person wearing them."
The collection moves between the colourful and the dark, the poetic and the raw – from explosive patterns and explicit details to more organic, bodily and tactile forms. More than a fashion collection, STORM//PETRA explores how art can move beyond the wall and into everyday life.
For both artists, the collaboration began with a mutual fascination for creating work that exists close to people.
Vigga Storm's practice is rooted in storytelling through materials. Working with original knit designs, they translate personal narratives into visual and tactile universes – ranging from colourful dresses to more challenging and intimate silhouettes, always with an uncompromising approach to form, material and feeling. Their work balances vulnerability and confidence, inviting the wearer to become part of the narrative.
"I've always been interested in creating pieces that people can live in. Something that becomes part of their story rather than simply something they wear."
Bob Petra approaches the collaboration from a different angle. Working across tattooing, graphic art, publishing and exhibition-making, his visual language is shaped by tattoo culture, indie punk, DIY aesthetics and an ongoing interest in identity, subcultures and personal expression. His graphics land directly on the garments as visual interventions – carrying attitude, history and personality into the fabric itself.
"My work often starts with people rather than products. I'm interested in what happens when design carries attitude, history and personality."
At Art Monday, what immediately stood out was how naturally the two practices overlap despite their differences. One begins with thread and texture, the other with line and image – yet both are fundamentally concerned with creating objects that people form real relationships with.
The result is neither fashion nor art in the traditional sense, but something that comfortably occupies the space between.
What makes STORM//PETRA particularly distinctive is the process itself. Petra's graphics are applied directly onto canvas and sewn patchwork style onto Vigga Storm's knitwear – a method that embraces the irregularities of working on a textured, flexible surface. No two pieces come out exactly the same. And that is very much the point.
All designs are developed as individual works with a focus on materials, texture, sustainable choices and creative transformation through upcycling and handcraft. The result is not just clothing – it is functional art made to be worn out into the world.
WHY THIS PROJECT MATTERS
In a time dominated by fast production cycles and endless visual consumption, STORM//PETRA offers something increasingly rare: slowness, craftsmanship and personal vision.
The collection moves between the explosive and the intimate – something for the body, something for the wall, something for everyday life, and something to stand out in.
Each piece is built around original designs, conscious material choices and small-scale production, embracing imperfection as part of the creative process rather than something to be fixed.
What makes the project particularly exciting is its refusal to choose between disciplines.
– The garments function as wearable artworks.
– The artworks function as design objects.
– The graphics become textile.
– The textile becomes narrative.
This fluidity between categories reflects a growing movement among independent artists and designers who no longer see clear boundaries between art, fashion, publishing, craft and cultural production.
STORM//PETRA feels like part of that conversation.
LAUNCHING AT MONDAY STUDIO
The collection will officially launch as part of the first edition of DESIGNERS RIOT, a new platform celebrating independent designers, artists and creative makers working between art, fashion and contemporary culture.
Visitors will have the opportunity to experience the collection firsthand, explore original works and meet the artists behind the project.
This is not a traditional fashion launch. It is a presentation of a shared artistic universe – one that invites art off the wall and onto the body.
Opening Party
Friday, June 5th — 16:00 to 21:00
Market Day
Saturday, June 6th — 12:00 to 16:00
@ Monday Studio, Matthæusgade 21, 1666 Copenhagen V
// After the launch, the STORM//PETRA pieces will be available in store at Monday Studio – and at future events, if they haven't already found a new home by then.
Given the small-scale, handmade nature of the collection, we wouldn't hang around too long.
