Vision

After having worked in the fashion industry for years, and having lived all over the world, TOS owner Tosca Soraya Otten saw an opportunity: Creating fashion that complements not only people, but also the environment and nature. ‘Fashion has a big impact on how we feel about ourselves. So let fashion work for us and honor the environment and nature at the same time.’

Whilst working on several layers of the fashion industry, from fast fashion in Shanghai to presenting couture in Paris, Tosca saw the importance of meaningful fashion. She saw what a strong impact fashion can have on people. Not only on our self-image, but also on how we see each other and how we look at society.  

Nature as an example for fashion at TOS

 

Nature has made a world that is built upon variety. We have seasons, biodiversity, landscapes, plants, oceans and even microscopic universes. On top of that, every human being is unique. Which is incredible thinking that there are billions of us. We have our own unique personalities, body-types, visions and talents. In other words; our world being a collective of endless diversity that’s still in balance, is exactly what nature is about.

Variety in fashion

Tosca believes that this endless variety in nature, is also the only logic approach when we decide to create. When translating this into fashion, this means to create with different body types, skin tones, hair types and cultural backgrounds in mind. It means creating by following the unwritten laws of nature: sharing the incredible beauty of diversity.

TOS the label

 

This belief in multiformity applies to Tosca’s designer label TOS, created in Amsterdam in late 2016. The label is build around paintings she makes, from her own fantasy, combined with her knowledge of ‘savoir faire’ that she gained in Paris. The brand is about stories, not seasons. And every collection is designed from a painting that has been translated to fabric, colours  and shapes.

The pieces of TOS the label are completely developed and produced in The Netherlands, France, Italy and Belgium. There is no stock and no pre-production. The entire focus is creating in a completely harmless way, as much as possible. Inspired by nature.

TOS design studio

 

With the design studio, Tosca works together with other companies and brands as a designer, mentor and/or stylist. Brands, stories and businesses that add to the diversity in an industry in need of a wider perspective. Those who want to let a certain group of people know that there are many ways to explore beauty. That looking and feeling good, and seeing things from another perspective, are good things to widen our definition of ‘beauty’.

In this role she helps her clients to focus on not only beauty, but also quality and functionality. From small projects to large ones, it is all about realizing dreams. Realizing design dreams and dreams about doing something good for this world.

Vision

After having worked in the fashion industry for years, and having lived all over the world, TOS owner Tosca Soraya Otten saw an opportunity: Creating fashion that complements not only people, but also the environment and nature. ‘Fashion has a big impact on how we feel about ourselves. So let fashion work for us and honor the environment and nature at the same time.’

Whilst working on several layers of the fashion industry, from fast fashion in Shanghai to presenting couture in Paris, Tosca saw the importance of meaningful fashion. She saw what a strong impact fashion can have on people. Not only on our self-image, but also on how we see each other and how we look at society.  

Nature as an example for fashion at TOS

 

Nature has made a world that is built upon variety. We have seasons, biodiversity, landscapes, plants, oceans and even microscopic universes. On top of that, every human being is unique. Which is incredible thinking that there are billions of us. We have our own unique personalities, body-types, visions and talents. In other words; our world being a collective of endless diversity that’s still in balance, is exactly what nature is about.

Variety in fashion

Tosca believes that this endless variety in nature, is also the only logic approach when we decide to create. When translating this into fashion, this means to create with different body types, skin tones, hair types and cultural backgrounds in mind. It means creating by following the unwritten laws of nature: sharing the incredible beauty of diversity.

TOS the label

 

This belief in multiformity applies to Tosca’s designer label TOS, created in Amsterdam in late 2016. The label is build around paintings she makes, from her own fantasy, combined with her knowledge of ‘savoir faire’ that she gained in Paris. The brand is about stories, not seasons. And every collection is designed from a painting that has been translated to fabric, colours  and shapes.

The pieces of TOS the label are completely developed and produced in The Netherlands, France, Italy and Belgium. There is no stock and no pre-production. The entire focus is creating in a completely harmless way, as much as possible. Inspired by nature.

TOS design studio

 

With the design studio, Tosca works together with other companies and brands as a designer, mentor and/or stylist. Brands, stories and businesses that add to the diversity in an industry in need of a wider perspective. Those who want to let a certain group of people know that there are many ways to explore beauty. That looking and feeling good, and seeing things from another perspective, are good things to widen our definition of ‘beauty’.

In this role she helps her clients to focus on not only beauty, but also quality and functionality. From small projects to large ones, it is all about realizing dreams. Realizing design dreams and dreams about doing something good for this world.