Colour therapy
Fashion Danish fashion designer Stine Goya believes in the
power of art and colour to lift our mood.Fashion
STINE GOYAPhotographs
STINE GOYACOLOUR THERAPYDanish fashion designer Stine
Goya believes in the power of co-
lour to change our moods, and
possibly our self-concept and ambi-
tions. The youngest of six children
in a very traditional family, Goya,
whose fashion pieces are notably
bright and colourful - often se-
lecting fabrics in various shades of
clashing pastel - grew up in a small
fishing village, Taarbæk, close to
Copenhagen. At 16, she left school
to live for a year in the South Amer-
ican country Honduras. She was
a model in London, later a stylist,
a fashion editor, and on return af-
ter seven years in London to herhometown Copenhagen, she set up
her own fashion label, Stine Goya.
For every collection, Goya collabo-
rates with an artist on designing one
print with concepts generated from
pictures or ideas she has found when
travelling, or exhibitions she has at-
tended, movies, art, and books. The
designer creates mood boards, and
then finds colours that reflect the
theme or vision for the collection.
Goya’s creations certainly aren’t
for women who want to hide in the
shadows, but if it’s true that wearing
bright colours lifts our mood, then
one shouldn’t be shy about adding
just a little pastel to one’s wardrobe.67Colour therapy
Fashion Danish fashion designer Stine Goya believes in the
power of art and colour to lift our mood.
Fashion
STINE GOYA
Photographs
STINE GOYA
COLOUR THERAPYDanish fashion designer Stine
Goya believes in the power of co-
lour to change our moods, and
possibly our self-concept and ambi-
tions. The youngest of six children
in a very traditional family, Goya,
whose fashion pieces are notably
bright and colourful - often se-
lecting fabrics in various shades of
clashing pastel - grew up in a small
fishing village, Taarbæk, close to
Copenhagen. At 16, she left school
to live for a year in the South Amer-
ican country Honduras. She was
a model in London, later a stylist,
a fashion editor, and on return af-
ter seven years in London to herhometown Copenhagen, she set up
her own fashion label, Stine Goya.
For every collection, Goya collabo-
rates with an artist on designing one
print with concepts generated from
pictures or ideas she has found when
travelling, or exhibitions she has at-
tended, movies, art, and books. The
designer creates mood boards, and
then finds colours that reflect the
theme or vision for the collection.
Goya’s creations certainly aren’t
for women who want to hide in the
shadows, but if it’s true that wearing
bright colours lifts our mood, then
one shouldn’t be shy about adding
just a little pastel to one’s wardrobe.67