Who Are You ?
My Name is Darwin Winklaar and was born in Aruba. I'm twenty one years old and I'm a young upcoming artist permanently a student in the Art industry in Aruba, but includes Fashion Design in some of the largest runway shows & Art Installations here in Aruba. I work and collaborate with different local And international Artists. I showed my Art works in different Exhibition such as Ateliers 89', Translucent Moon and much more.
What makes you different from the rest ?
As a little Child my family knew I was going to grow and become a different person.
It was always a struggle for me because I had alot of bad influences around me at school.
Kids would bully and make fun of me and others.
In my case deep in side if I couldn't express my self or my feelings, then threw the rest of the day I would feel the most downside of me.
Now It's so fun to see my style grow and become something more than just an idea.
I always sad You can never finish Art, it's not possible.
But if I suppose to make a perfect Fashion style or an Art Piece, than I would make a perfect Art piece and I would change it everyday. That's wat makes me different.
How do you describe your style ?
My style is based on daily Feelings sometimes I feel happy sometimes I feel exciting or even depressed. Threw the day I find a story that inspired me in some way or another or even a sad one, because then I know that person is a fighter or warrior.
I wan't people to be able to call themselves a warrior when they see and get inspired of my style.
My style is mainly about good or bad childhood experiences from my past.
I saw photos of me when I was a kid and how my mom used to dress me.
Now I take all of those style pieces and use them in time future.
That includes broatch, frolics, ripped jeans, short shorts, button up printed shirts and also allot of pastel colors.
I can't leave my house without wearing my bowtie.
Now I'm developing a new Caracter Style called "CRY BABY".
Sometimes I change my street style to casual chic and from casual chic to high fashion and last but not least from high fashion to Artistic me.
I want people to be able to feel happy when they see my style.
It's like wanting them to make peace with everything that's happened and what used to be bad experiences and bad memories.
You just have to except them and slowly move on.
How do you express your self ?
Fashion and Art for me is the best way to express and feel anything.
I think we as the Aruban community are very afraid to feel especially if it's a sad feeling.
We don't want to think about anything that makes us sad.
They are afraid of expressing themselves because they don't want to be criticized or be bullied.
They like to hide in there comfort zone.
I take my feelings and express that in different ways, mostly I express it threw Art and Fashion.
For me Fashion and Art has taken me all over the world.
In my creative imagination that's very strange, I feel like Alice In Wonderland.
I won't stop love making Fashion and Art , as long as one person tels me that she or he needs my creation then I'm gonna feel like I'm useful.
I love Fashion and Art so much that I hope that Fashion and Art won't become only a job because that would be the saddest thing, like losing your soul.
I will never leave what my past has gave me, off course I need to keep re-inventing my self but the most important thing is that I will never leave my style.
My style will always remain with my soul.
My Name is Darwin Winklaar and was born in Aruba. I'm twenty one years old and I'm a young upcoming artist permanently a student in the Art industry in Aruba, but includes Fashion Design in some of the largest runway shows & Art Installations here in Aruba. I work and collaborate with different local And international Artists. I showed my Art works in different Exhibition such as Ateliers 89', Translucent Moon and much more.
What makes you different from the rest ?
As a little Child my family knew I was going to grow and become a different person.
It was always a struggle for me because I had alot of bad influences around me at school.
Kids would bully and make fun of me and others.
In my case deep in side if I couldn't express my self or my feelings, then threw the rest of the day I would feel the most downside of me.
Now It's so fun to see my style grow and become something more than just an idea.
I always sad You can never finish Art, it's not possible.
But if I suppose to make a perfect Fashion style or an Art Piece, than I would make a perfect Art piece and I would change it everyday. That's wat makes me different.
How do you describe your style ?
My style is based on daily Feelings sometimes I feel happy sometimes I feel exciting or even depressed. Threw the day I find a story that inspired me in some way or another or even a sad one, because then I know that person is a fighter or warrior.
I wan't people to be able to call themselves a warrior when they see and get inspired of my style.
My style is mainly about good or bad childhood experiences from my past.
I saw photos of me when I was a kid and how my mom used to dress me.
Now I take all of those style pieces and use them in time future.
That includes broatch, frolics, ripped jeans, short shorts, button up printed shirts and also allot of pastel colors.
I can't leave my house without wearing my bowtie.
Now I'm developing a new Caracter Style called "CRY BABY".
Sometimes I change my street style to casual chic and from casual chic to high fashion and last but not least from high fashion to Artistic me.
I want people to be able to feel happy when they see my style.
It's like wanting them to make peace with everything that's happened and what used to be bad experiences and bad memories.
You just have to except them and slowly move on.
How do you express your self ?
Fashion and Art for me is the best way to express and feel anything.
I think we as the Aruban community are very afraid to feel especially if it's a sad feeling.
We don't want to think about anything that makes us sad.
They are afraid of expressing themselves because they don't want to be criticized or be bullied.
They like to hide in there comfort zone.
I take my feelings and express that in different ways, mostly I express it threw Art and Fashion.
For me Fashion and Art has taken me all over the world.
In my creative imagination that's very strange, I feel like Alice In Wonderland.
I won't stop love making Fashion and Art , as long as one person tels me that she or he needs my creation then I'm gonna feel like I'm useful.
I love Fashion and Art so much that I hope that Fashion and Art won't become only a job because that would be the saddest thing, like losing your soul.
I will never leave what my past has gave me, off course I need to keep re-inventing my self but the most important thing is that I will never leave my style.
My style will always remain with my soul.