First came the leggings. As it turned out, no one else in Poland her had come up with the idea of producing colourful, breathable, and comfortable leggings. In order to realize this idea, Luiza travelled all the way to Shanghai, where she found a factory that would digitally print her fabrics. Digital printing was her only available solution – she wanted to create rich patterns, and such a method did not require costly stencils. These days, she has the prints made in a factory outside of Łódź called Biliński Textile Print. The first fabrics Luiza used were made out of bamboo; now she leans towards cotton sourced from Turkish manufacturers. Already in her student days at the Łódź Academy of Fine Arts, she was aware that when it came to fashion design, she was most excited about colours and geometry: strong outlines, filled with colours, just like a Paint drawing.
The first collection released by Dream Nation was titled Caapi, after a type of jungle vine which grows in the Amazon rainforest, the main ingredient of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca. The collection was supposed to resemble such a psychedelic vision. It was mainly based on photographs – namely, photographs of blocks of flats and clouds taken in Bródno, which is perceived as a second-class district of Warsaw. After the geometric madness – scattered squares, triangles and checkers – came jumpers, wrap dresses, and leggings covered in blocks and cumulus clouds.