Lucie’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘Erlkönig’, explores the vast world of the German ballad ‘Der Erlkönig’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The individual looks represent figures in the story, with a wide variety of character traits and symbols depicted, from a naive son to a mesmerising daughter. Designing for low environmental impact and inspired by the artist MC Escher, Lucie applies a tessellation technique to durable leather from discarded furniture and factory surplus scraps, ensuring that even the smallest fragments become part of her garments. She then laser-cuts the pieces into patterns, paints, and assembles them with a zigzag seam.