Nadine Mosallam – or Nadine Mos as her clothing label is known – has lived a “nomadic” lifestyle since her childhood. “The idea of domesticity is very interesting to me because I’m always moving,” she says. The womenswear designer and artist is of Egyptian heritage but was born in Kuwait, raised in Dubai and lived in London, before uprooting to Toronto during the pandemic. So, when she came back to the UK to make her sensual, sustainably minded clothes and shapely vessels, it was important that her workspace – where she spends most of her time – feels like “a home”. In this special episode of Seven Wonders, we head to Nadine’s studio to talk sculptures, surrealism and sunsets, among a few more of her favourite things…

When we visit Nadine on a sunny winter’s morning, her studio in Bow, east London, glows with natural light. Having tided away her materials – from soft jersey for form-fitting dresses to paper mache, which she’ll sculpt into Giacometti-inspired objects – the white-washed space is calm and collected, with plenty of character. Nadine’s haven lies within an industrial concrete building she lovingly describes as “ugly” – an aesthetic she’s always drawn to – and reminds her of those in the Canadian capital. “It looks just like home to me. I completely fell in love with it,” she says. And come dusk, when the sky turns pink and orange, the views are “inspirational”.

Nadine has transformed the blank canvas with her self-made vessels, sentimental sculptures and collected pieces – most of which she’s sourced from January Tamarind, the design studio founded by her partner, Khalid Wildman. She likes to make her assortment of objects “to speak to each other”, with their weird and wonderful shapes encouraging her visitors to be tactile. Having been told as a child to keep her hands to herself, she wants “people to touch stuff”. If the offbeat, genre-defying shapes don’t tempt you, their tonal, natural palette – reminiscent of the colours she uses for her clothes – ought to do the trick.

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