Huelle lutz

portrait by WOLFGANG TILLMANS
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

OLIVIER ZAHM — When is fashion artificial?

LUTZ HUELLE — Artificial and superficial are not necessarily negative things for me. Not caring about what’s behind the surface can be extremely liberating. It also opens up a world of possibilities, of ways of seeing the world differently.

OLIVIER ZAHM — When is it real and interesting?

LUTZ HUELLE — It’s interesting to me when it doesn’t exist in a vacuum, when it says something about us and the way we live, or when it shows us possibilities of how to be.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Are you still inspired by people you see on the street, or the people around you?

LUTZ HUELLE — Looking at how people dress in any kind of place or situation is still a huge inspiration. I always feel that it keeps my work grounded in reality, and helps…