JUTHO IS AN INDEPENDENT SLOW FASHION LABEL FOUNDED IN 2020 BY JULIE THORNBERG-THORSØE.
WORKING WITH CAREFULLY SOURCED DEADSTOCK FABRICS, EACH GARMENT IS THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED AND HANDCRAFTED IN THE STUDIO. PRODUCED IN SMALL QUANTITIES AND WITH A FOCUS ON LONGEVITY, EVERY PIECE REFLECTS A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP AND CONSIDERED MAKING.
THROUGH JUTHO, JULIE EXPLORES PERSONAL REFLECTIONS SHAPED BY CONTEMPORARY SOCIETAL THEMES. THESE IDEAS ARE TRANSLATED INTO CONCEPTUAL PROJECTS AND WEARABLE GARMENTS, INVITING SPACE FOR INTERPRETATION RATHER THAN OFFERING FIXED ANSWERS.
BALANCING EFFORTLESS ESSENTIALS WITH SCULPTURAL STATEMENT PIECES, JUTHO ENCOURAGES AN INDEPENDENT APPROACH TO DRESSING. THE GARMENTS ARE CREATED TO BECOME PART OF THE WEARER'S OWN STORY, RATHER THAN DEFINING IT.
JULIE GRADUATED WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN FASHION DESIGN FROM THE ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY IN COPENHAGEN IN 2018 BEFORE RELOCATING TO AUSTRALIA, WHERE SHE FOUNDED JUTHO. HER BACKGROUND AS A TRAINED TAILOR CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE EVERY COLLECTION, WITH CRAFTSMANSHIP, CONSTRUCTION AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL REMAINING AT THE CORE OF THE BRAND.
CREATIVE PRACTICE
SINCE GRADUATING FROM THE ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY IN 2018, JULIE'S WORK HAS BEEN PRESENTED THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, INSTALLATIONS, FASHION FILMS, COMMISSIONED COLLABORATIONS AND RUNWAY PRESENTATIONS ACROSS DENMARK, FRANCE, ROMANIA, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. THIS INCLUDES KUNSTNERFLØJEN, CIFF COPENHAGEN, FAN OUT PARIS, COPENHAGEN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, BUCHAREST FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, THE ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, SA FASHION WEEKEND, AND RECENTLY A COMMISSIONED PERFORMANCE FOR VISUAL ARTIST AMBER CRONIN IN MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM.
JULIE'S FASHION FILMS BACKWORDS AND I AM HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY SELECTED FOR COPENHAGEN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL AND BUCHAREST FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, WHILE HER CREATIVE WORK HAS TWICE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSIC AWARD FOR BEST COVER ART.