Dutch fashion brand Botter has made a unique, environment-centric fashion statement. It has come up with a unisex collection, which uses fish-shaped pool inflatables, nylon nets, and strips of plastic to accessorize its fashion-forward collection of boxy suits and street wear.

The idea is to focus on the pollution of the Caribbean, the waste washing on its shores, and how consumerism and oil exploration are destroying that region of the world. The brand also drew inspiration from lotto houses in Curaçao and the Dominican Republic.

Botter’s collections are forms of social commentary and bring up issues like discrimination and immigration. Vibrant and provocative, each collection focuses on the enormous potential of the rebellious youth that are seen as a constructive rather than ominous force. Each collection starts with diligent research for images, motives and ideas. One collection thematises the role of clothes as contemporary armor that can protect against prejudice and discrimination.

Fish or Fight is a collection that mixes street-style tropes with power-dressing staples. The fight in the title stands for the hardships one has to struggle with as a young immigrant from the Caribbean in Europe. Fish, on the other hand, refers to the destiny of those who stay in the region, where fishing is one of the few occupations young people can possibly get into.