As a result of this year's events, we decided to further strengthen our comfort front. When creating the COMFORT collection, it was important to serve the needs of the new situation in the best possible way, both in materials and in cut lines. We confidently reached for our 100% plush and recycled knit materials, which were already a great success last year. The face of our new collection is actress Kata Bach , in whose life sustainability and environmental protection play a prominent role.
Kata Bach has been a member of the Vígszínház company since 2015. Among other things, we can meet her as the main character in the play Anna Karenina or in the play The Father, presented in October 2020, alongside András Kern. She may be familiar to us from the big screen as Éva Tinta, who twisted Áron's head as a BKV inspector in Gábor Reisz's film VAN something strange and inexplicable. Her husband is József Wunderlich, who, like her, is an artist at the Vígszínház, and their daughter, Júlia, was born in the summer of 2018. The Katás are passionate about animals, and their adopted dog is named Herceg.
When did environmental awareness become important to you? Is it related to motherhood?
Yes, I started looking for eco-friendly alternatives before my daughter was born. I imagined the baby floating in warm, clear amniotic fluid, in semi-darkness, then coming into the world and the first things it encountered were rubber gloves, neon lights, and a crisp hospital sheet. I brought a soft burgundy fabric with me to the hospital, and they wrapped it in it first. That was the first step that started a long process in me.
Being environmentally conscious can be a challenge, how do you balance that with your busy acting career? Can you give some tips to busy people?
Everything is just a habit, a habit. Smoking is also complicated. Many bad habits are just as complicated, but we still do them. First, I think you need to look into what you are being fed, how fast fashion clothes are made or anything that can be consumed quickly, used once, thrown away, and when you are disgusted enough by all of this, and through it by yourself, then you need to replace the bad habits with good ones.
Where do you buy your clothes? What does conscious dressing mean to you?
Since I became an actor, my relationship with dressing has changed completely. During the performance of Anna Karenina, for example, I change clothes fifteen times. I often wear a dress just long enough to go to the theater. I am very picky, I have clothes from vintage shops, pieces inherited from friends, or from my mother. If I fall in love with something, I can wear it indefinitely. So I don’t have many clothes, I read about the term “capsule wardrobe” not long ago, the essence of which is to have a few clothes that can be combined well with each other, this has developed naturally for me. I often buy my costumes from those performances that are taken out of the repertoire, since they are tailored for me, for example, I have a faux fur coat made by an industrial artist. These are preferred for special occasions, my wedding dress was also made from a costume piece, decorated with hand-sewn beads from head to toe.
What do you do to ensure that your food doesn't increase your ecological footprint? Where do you shop, what would you recommend to someone just starting a sustainable lifestyle?
I buy dry food at a packaging-free store. There are also lots of snacks in these stores, such as packaging-free chips or chocolate. I arrive with my own bottles and bags, so I know in advance how much of what I want. I'm glad I found these stores, because this way I can buy everything else, vegetables, fruit, dairy products, meat, at the market, where I also use my own bags and boxes. I don't have to go to packaging-free stores very often, since everything I buy there lasts a long time, I have to go to the market more often, and I'm glad about that because the markets are child-friendly places. We often combine it with dog walking, so it's a more cozy family program than running around a shopping mall.
Do you have a sustainable beauty routine?
I try to avoid plastic packaging, I prefer to buy products packaged in glass or metal. I can take home shampoo and conditioner from the packaging-free ones, for example. By the way, you can also refill their own-brand products in the store further west, for example at DM, I'm waiting for this to reach us too.
What does a green home mean to you, and how do you try to achieve it?
It means cleanliness. Order, lots of plants, few old but good-condition objects and furniture, few but well-chosen multifunctional modern gadgets. A loving family who depend not on their objects, but on each other.
What are your favorite pieces from Printa's new collection?
The green plushies.
The photo series was taken by Zoltán Mihály . Our marketing agency Jude and Friends helped us with the concept. Kata is represented by BJ's Management .
Thank you to Danken Studio for the chair.