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THE UNWEARABLE COLLECTION™
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO WEAR A GPP FLARE?
The Unwearable Collection™, the first campaign of its kind, is designed to help others understand the range of debilitating effects GPP can have on patients.1-6
BEHIND THE COLLECTION
Boehringer Ingelheim partnered with internationally renowned designer Bart Hess to create a fashion collection that conveys the suffering people living with GPP may endure: a collection that’s impossible to ignore—and impossible to wear. The designer made use of unconventional materials such as paper, plexiglass, and knives to develop The Unwearable Collection™.
SEE THE COLLECTION
See how one artist interpreted the very real and raw experiences of people living with GPP to create a collection exploring pain, isolation, and more.
BART HESS
Designer
“This outfit captures how the symptoms of GPP keep Christine physically and emotionally separated from the people she loves.”
![Bart Hess creating the pain of isolation Bart Hess creating the pain of isolation](/sg/disease/gpp/sites/default/files/2023-01/BART_HESS.jpg)
CHRISTINE
Person living with GPP
“When I was first diagnosed and the GPP was so bad all over my entire body, I could not pick up my daughter. Even if she touched me, I would move away because sometimes just lightly brushing up against different parts of my body hurt so badly.”
![A picture of Christine, a person living with GPP A picture of Christine, a person living with GPP](/sg/disease/gpp/sites/default/files/2023-01/CHRISTINE.jpg)
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SEE HOW THE IL-36 PATHWAY PLAYS A ROLE IN GPP10
GPP=Generalized Pustular Psoriasis; IL-36=interleukin-36.
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