Dichotomy

Dichotomy

THIS COlLECTION EMBODIES THE ESSENCE OF MY BRAND -ELEGANCE WITH AN EDGE.


I AIMED TO ACHIEVE BEAUTIFUL CONSTRUCTIONS, SLEEK SILHOUETTES WITH INNOVATIVE FABRICATIONS AND INTRICATE DETAILS WHILE ALSO FEELING POWERFUL, STRONG AND MODERN. OUR BRAND IS ALL ABOUT COMBINING CLASSIC SOPHISTICATION WITH DARING, UNCONVENTIONAL DESIGN ELEMENTS TO CREATE A TRULY UNIQUE AESTHETIC. THE COllECTION INCORPORATES BOTH HEAVY & LIGHT-WEIGHT FABRICS TO CREATE A VISUAL DICHOTOMY BETWEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, A STRUCTURED DENIM VS. A DRAPED SILK, MUCH LIKE THE FLUIDITY OF ORGANIC SHAPES IN NATURE, IN CONTRAST TO THE GEOMETRIC FORMS FROM ARCHITECTURE. IN TERMS OF THE SILHOUETTE, I HAVE PAIRED VERY STRUCTURED ELEMENTS USING SEAMLINES, GRID-LIKE EMBROIDERY, AND TAILORING TECHNIQUES TO CREATE GEOMETRIC SHAPES THAT THEN CONTRAST WITH CURVED HEMS, SOFT DRAPED GATHERS OR LONG FLOWING FABRICS.

BY COMBINING SUCH CONTRASTS, “DICHOTOMIES”, I HAVE DEVELOPED A COllECTION THAT REFLECTS A MODERN AND EDGY INTERPRETATION OF COUTURE GARMENTS. THE COllECTION ADOPTS SEVERAL COUTURE TECHNIQUES STUDIED THROUGH ARCHIVES, FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA FROM THE 1950S. THESE INCLUDE BONING, HORSEHAIR HEMS, HAND EMBROIDERY, TAILORING-TECHNIQUES AND HAND-FINISHES. All OF THESE DELIBERATE CHOICES CREATE A UNIQUE FUSION OF OLD-WORLD ELEGANCE AND CONTEMPORARY FASHION, EMBRACING THE BEAUTY OF THE DARK, AS WEll AS THE CLASSIC. THIS COllECTION IS FOR THE WOMAN WHO IS UNAPOLOGETICAllY HERSELF, EMBRACES HER INDIVIDUALITY WHILE HONOURING CRAFTSMANSHIP.

WE USE ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY MATERIALS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PIECE IS BOTH AESTHETIC AND DURABLE, BUILT TO LAST FOR YEARS TO COME.

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