Rather than presenting a conventional denim collection, the collaboration focuses on two conceptual garments, Marble Dreams and Midnight Journey, which explore unconventional materials and finishing approaches.

Marble dust as a design element

The first concept, Marble Dreams, incorporates marble dust into a garment design inspired by the durability and permanence of classical sculpture. The experiment explores how materials traditionally associated with architecture and sculpture can be transferred into textile applications.

Beyond the conceptual design, Officina39 sees the experiment as a starting point for investigating potential future applications and more scalable material solutions.

Marta Goldschmied, Co-Founder of Gold Girl Co., explains the concept behind Marble Dreams: “Marble has always represented permanence, history and something built to outlast us. We wanted to bring that idea into clothing and ask whether fashion can create objects that stay with us long enough to become part of who we are. Longevity, for us, is not only about durability - it is about meaning.”

Exploring material effects through textile chemistry

The second garment, Midnight Journey, takes inspiration from scratch-and-win cards and translates the idea of chance and personal choice into an experimental design. While the concept is primarily artistic, the project demonstrates how textile chemistry and material experimentation can be used to realize unconventional creative ideas.

Glenda Goldschmied, Co-Founder of Gold Girl Co., describes the inspiration: “The starting point was the fantasy that one lucky moment can change everything. But the garment turns that idea around. The path matters more than the winning ticket: fortune is also something we construct through the choices we make, the work we put in and our willingness to keep moving.”

For Officina39, the collaboration represents an opportunity to explore textile chemistry beyond conventional finishing applications. The company's role was to translate the designers' concepts into physical garments through material selection, chemical processes and experimentation.

Andrea Venier, Managing Director of Officina39, highlights the technical and creative challenges of the project: “The most exciting brief for us is not 'show us what this chemistry can do', but 'this is the idea - can you help us make it exist?' Marta and Glenda brought a remarkably strong creative vision. Our job was to give that vision a material language. Marble dust, permanence, chance and ambition are not conventional briefs for a chemical company - and that is precisely why they interest us.”

The two experimental garments will be presented at Kingpins Amsterdam, providing an example of how collaboration between designers and textile chemistry specialists can open up new possibilities for material development and garment finishing.