Sensitivity to us is a way of seeing, of responding, of creating. Few people embody this as seamlessly as artist Scott van Kampen Wieling. A longtime collaborator and friend of the brand, Scott has helped shape the visual language of Hul le Kes through his lens, his eye for stillness, and his deep attunement to the poetic in the everyday.
This blog offers a closer look at Scott’s unique perspective and long-standing connection to Hul le Kes. As part of our ongoing series highlighting the artists who inspire and collaborate with us, we spoke with Scott about his practice, his relationship to materials, and the quiet interplay between fashion and art that defines both his work and ours.
Scott’s artistic practice moves between disciplines. He creates sculptures, installations, and analogue photographs, often using materials found in nature. His work is rooted in fragility, like branches balanced into mobiles, shadows cast into compositions, textures that seem to breathe. “I’m drawn to what whispers,” he says, “to what reveals itself through quietness rather than noise.”
In a world obsessed with the spectacular, Scott’s work invites pause. He captures that which might otherwise go unnoticed. His pieces invite a shift in perspective. A moment of reverence for the understated, the small, the gentle.
“The small, the things that express themselves gently without shouting, but by becoming still.”
This perspective finds a natural home at Hul le Kes. Our garments, too, are made to slow the eye, to honour irregularity, to carry memory. “With Hul le Kes,” Scott reflects, “I feel like I can speak in my own language.” When he photographs our collections, he does not approach them as fashion campaigns. Instead, he seeks moments of stillness: garments resting in poetic surroundings, textures folding, fabric catching light.
What binds Scott to Hul le Kes is more than aesthetics, it is an ethics of making. He collects materials not for novelty but for history. “I spend a lot of time looking,” he says. “In nature, in thrift stores, in forgotten corners. I search for elements that already hold meaning.”
“Using what already exists gives a feeling, a second life that leaves a soft imprint.”
Scott’s friendship with creative director Sjaak Hullekes adds depth to their ongoing collaboration. “Sjaak is a quiet designer,” he shares. “He doesn’t try to shout above the crowd. He observes, and creates through care and detail.” That same quiet strength defines both their practices: intuitive, honest, grounded in process.
Though he doesn’t work daily in the atelier, and is based on the other side of the country in The Hague, Scott feels deeply connected to the Hul le Kes universe. “There’s always a story behind a garment,” he notes. “It’s not just functional, it’s a carrier of emotion, of transformation.” This shared belief in clothing as storytelling keeps their paths closely aligned.
“Sjaak directs his hands to the right proportions and details, precise, yet gentle.”
For Scott, clothing is not merely decorative, it’s expressive. “Fashion might not play a role in my studio work,” he says, “but it’s definitely part of who I am.” He chooses garments intuitively, aware of the mood and message they convey. Just like his installations, his outfits are deliberate, soft-spoken statements.
He would love to pair one of his mobiles with the navy Stravinsky Dress from the Spring/Summer 2026 collection. “It has pleated details that fall into deeper tones,” he describes, “finished with soft round embroidery.” The parallels are clear: both objects are delicate in appearance, yet profound in intention.
“The clothes I wear form part of my artistic identity.”
At present, Scott is busy gathering materials, branches, found forms, forest textures. He balances this with his work in forestry, letting one world inform the other. “Being in the woods deepens my sense of rhythm,” he says. “It shapes the mobiles I make in the studio.”
He’s also in early talks about a commissioned outdoor sculpture for a private estate; his first large-scale permanent work. Of course, his camera remains close. For Scott, photography is not a separate practice but a continuation of his way of seeing.
“I extend my artistic practice into my environment. It’s who I am and what shapes me.”
Art is inseparable from the way we work at Hul le Kes. It’s present in our use of materials, in the choices we make, and in the emotional depth of our collections. Scott’s perspective reminds us of the quiet power of observation, the same quality that defines so much of what we value. Our garments are often treated as art by those who wear them: collected, cherished, and lived with over time. This interview continues our portrait series of artists who inspire us, offering insight into the sensibilities that shape the world of Hul le Kes from within.
