Half a year, one parachute: the story of the Parachute Dress

It’s rough, elegant, unique — and super fucking heavy

“This breathtaking dress, made from an old Bundeswehr parachute, took half a year to be set to perfection,” Lennart writes. “It’s the most beautiful piece I’ve ever created. It’s GÖRE.”

The rule he set himself: nothing gets cut away. Instead of treating the parachute as fabric by the metre, the entire canopy was draped and pinned onto a dress form — for months — until it found a shape organically. The whole parachute remains fully intact inside the dress.

The colours came with the material

Military green, subtle golden hues and beige tones, punctuated by red accents. The shades are enriched by the authentic, weathered markings of the canopy itself — from oil stains to small tears and scars. Each imperfection tells a story of the parachute’s history and the journeys it has endured. There was no need to invent a print.

Twenty meters of cord, dozens of eyelets

A parachute is heavy. To make the gown wearable, over 20 meters of paracord were integrated into the design, running through dozens of carefully placed eyelets into a corset lacing system that distributes the weight evenly across the body. Made for a size 38, the adjustable front and back lacing lets it fit a range of bodies with ease.

The clutch

To complete the look: an oversized clutch bag crafted from an original vintage map of Bavaria. Real paper — aged, delicate, rich with character. Archival material as a bold accessory.

One in the world

There is only one. Never to be repeated. The dress closed the GÖRE x WANYA show at Transilvania Fashion Festival 2025 in Cluj-Napoca and walked again at AVANTGARDISTA in Munich. 713 Magazine called it “fashion not as fantasy, but as confrontation.”

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