The backstage of Paris Haute Couture Spring Summer 2019: M.A.C Cosmetics makeup artists at Iris Van Herpen, RVDK and Guo Pei. Yanina Couture celebrates 25 years of fashion at the Russian embacy in Paris and Georges Chakra off schedule evening couture runway steals the show. Asha Raval IGNITE YOUR FIRE inspiring tale and photography. Ben Springham illustrations and interview. A black and white visual story with SestreS. Cover story: Belgrade Fashion Week editorial inspired by actress Milena Dravić.
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A unique point of view and first-hand coverage. This is the story of the dreamers & the process of manifesting their fantasies. The story of students becoming masters & masters creating their masterpieces.
This is the back & front stage of fashion.
CHAPTER 1 Paris Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2019 Page 6
CHAPTER 2 From Yugoslavia with love Inspired by Milena Dravić Page 80
CHAPTER 3 Ignite Your Fire By Asha Raval Page 106
CHAPTER 4 Interview With Ben Springham Page 114
CHAPTER 5 SestreS At Belgrade Design Districts Page 128
CHAPTER 6 Royal Interior and History Page 146
www.joysmagazine.com @joysmagazine Editor-in-chief Gili Biegun Contributors: Justin Young, Jo Carmichael, Asha Raval, Ben Springham,
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SHIFT SOULS SHIFT SOULS Original and unique photography from the backstage of Iris Van Herpen Spring Summer 2019 Haute Couture Collection ‘‘Shift Souls’’ and a beauty closeup look on makeup by Terry Barber for M.A.C Cosmetics. Paris Haute Couture Spring Summer 2019 Article and photography by Gili Biegun
‘’The Shift Souls ‘Galactic glitch’ dress: transparent organza is gradient-dyed in sky-blue aqua-patterns that are 3D modelled in CAD software, to then be sliced up and multi-layered into hundreds of fine hand-cut waves, each individually stitched onto a stretch tulle, creating a quivering sculptural silhouette.’’
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t is the past meeting future in the present backstage at Iris Van Herpen Spring Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection, Palais des Beaux-Arts Paris. Her inspiration draws from historical cartography and human-animal hybrids, manifested in a woman-alien crossbreeding in liquid clouds of colors gowns.
Makeup artist Terry Barber created an ultra pure beauty look using M.A.C Waterweight Concealer, Pure White Chromaline and tap to create an alien like eyes. ‘For ‘Shift Souls’ I looked at the evolution of the human shape, its idealization through time and the hybridization of the female forms within mythology. Specially the imagination and the fluidity within identity change in Japanese mythology gave me the inspiration to explore the deeper meaning of identity and how immaterial and mutable it can become within the current coalescence of our digital bodies’ — Iris van Herpen
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‘’The ‘Galactic Glitch’ dress: vermillion red cloud-printed silk is bonded to mylar and laser cut into the finest lace of thousands of 0.5mm harmonica-waves, creating quivering echoes.’’
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‘’The ‘Shift Souls’ asymmetric off-the-shoulder dress: multi-layered nude silk panels are heat-bonded to fine three-dimensional drawings that are lasercut of white mylar and cotton, hiding and revealing anamorphic faces, creating a surreal spectral anatomy.’’
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‘‘The Shift Souls ‘Harmonia’ cape dress: translucent gradient-dyed organza of tyrian purple and ochre is halfwheel plissé-ed by hand, unfolding vibrant patterns in a voluminous silhouette.’’
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‘’The ‘Symbiotic’ dress: gradient-dyed silk panels of shuiro red and white, are 3D layered and heat-bonded into sculptural volume by a fine 3D laser cut frame of PETG, creating a hybrid bird pattern.’’
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‘Cellchemy’ face-jewelry are 3D printed through high-resolution multi-material printer in collaboration with the Delft University of Technology.
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‘‘The current coalescence of our digital bodies’’
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A backstage to runway beauty story at Ronald Van Der Kemp spring summer 2019 collection following the work of makeup artist Sil Bruinsma. M.A.C Cosmetics working stations, inspiration and sustainable couture.
Article and photography by Gili Biegun
One man’s trash is Roland Van Der Kamp Couture. Literally. With Céline Dion in the front row, Van Der Kamp presented a Demi-Couture collection that is 100% sustainable alongside his New Ethics in Luxury Fashion Philosophy. The exclusivity of Couture fits right in with a limited amount of material Van Der Kamp purchased from a closing sale of a former French mill. With limited resources Van Der Camp created a limited edition collection of one of a kind garments. The New Ethics in Luxury Fashion states: ‘’Crafting clothes from what we have on hand combining stand-alone statement pieces for an excessive wardrobe.’’
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Diverced and unique makeup looks by Sil Bruinsma and the M.A.C Cosmetics team
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‘‘Working with passionate artisans, tailors, seamstresses and embroiderers alongside disadvantaged people making clothes with a soul, all made with love. The kind of clothes that have the timelessness and craftsmanship of vintage couture pieces. Handmade, with that perfect lived in imperfection, that makes the clothes come alive.’’
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Original and unique photography by Gili Biegun from the backstage and runway of Guo Pei East Palace Spring Sumer 2019 Haute Couture collection in Palaise de Tokyo, Paris.
Makeup by Debbie Finnegan for M.A.C Cosmetics
The Tokyo Palace turned in to an East Palace for Guo Pei’s Spring Summer 2019 couture show. The theatrical and dramatic dresses were slowly marched down the runway. It is only backstage where the outstanding elaborate craftsmanship of the embroidery techniques were properly appreciated. From up close and personal the real haute couture gift is revealed.
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Georges Chakra Spring Summer 2019 Paris Haute Couture
Original and unique photography by Gili Biegun from the backstage at Palaise de Tokyo, Paris.
One-shoulder sun yellow ombrĂŠ gown with a twisted shoulder detail
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Drop corset statement wedding gown with full skirt in organza embroidered with rafia thread and spiral paillette
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25 years of Yanina Yanina Couture Spring Summer 2019 Paris Haute Couture Original and unique photography by Gili Biegun from the front row of Yanina Couture Spring Sumer 2019 Haute Couture collection in The Westin Paris.
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A collection inspired by Audrey Hepburn and her iconic roles in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, ‘Sabrina’ and ‘Funny Face’. Yanina Couture Spring Summer 2019 runway was a catwalk on the red carpet. ‘‘Inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood and its main characters: dazzling luxurious charming beauties with a style honed to perfection. But there is always an external picture of the world – on red carpets, women are beautiful and unattainable.’’ Above: V-neck flowing orange dress. On the right: Hot pink feathers dress with embroidery and taffeta coat.
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A VISUAL STORY INSPIRED BY A STRONG FEMINIST FEMALE CHARACTER STARING VANJA VASIC AND BIANKA JUSUFOVIC
IN A COLLABORATION WITH BELGRADE FASHION WEEK AND I.DEA PR
HAIR BY PAOLLA HAIRSTYLE BEAUTY BY MAJA VASIC (WORLD OF EDUCATION) FEATURING, BUDISLAVA KEKOVIC AND ANA LJUBINKOVIC
AND AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEKSANDRA LALIC
PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART DIRECTION BY GILI BIEGUN
FROM YUGOSLAVIA WITH LOVE AN ORIGINAL JOYS STUDIO PRODUCTION
The 45th issue of Belgrade Fashion Week took place in Belgrade in April 2019. On the 18th of April, as part of the official fashion week program, numerous designers took part of a tribute catwalk in the memory of Serbian actress Milena Dravić, who passed away in October of 2018. This fashion show inspired this editorial.
An interview with Aleksandra Lalić about her collection, Milena Dravić and the Black Wave
Tell me about your collection. What is the subject? What is your inspiration for this collection? The microcollection emerged as a visual note of subjectivation of time or as a means of defining ‘woman’s (no)work’. The romantic desire for finding personal meaning and a pressure for self-realisation exist together in work and free time. The contemporary imperative: “life must be interesting” – is the roof under which work time and free time are spoilt with choices. Leisure time in that way becomes productive slavery, coercion demanding as work and fantastic possibility for realisation of one’s full potential. In between burn out and revolution, being a woman, mother, wife, daughter, sister, worker, comrade, whore and queen, she finds an interim utopian time in which speech replaces the body and its experiences, traumas, memories and pleasures. “The Interim” is thus a space relieved of the terror of self-realization, efficiency and non-conformism. Why did you choose this name for your collection? That is the quote of the American poet, critic and satirist Dorothy Parker. When asked by her publisher why her work had not been submitted while on her honeymoon she answered: “I’ve been too fucking busy, or vice versa”. Since I was thinking about that unclear lines between working and free time, I found this very appropriate and witty. How the subject of ‘’subjectivity of time’’ was presented in the collection? Very direct and banal: outfits are mixtures of different purpose garments - evening dresses or work-clothing with stylized pyjamas. Princess girly, or “I give up” messy, a working class
fighter and a dreaming lover - all looks and layers are equally legitimate. Why was it important to you to manifest this subject in to a collection? My collections are always in some shape and form the illustration of subject that affect me and women in my entourage. They deal with our thoughts, bodies and lives in the social concept of this present day and time. And when you realise there is an issue, you should talk about it. Everyone has some kind of human responsibility in every aspect of life, especially if part of it involves public speaking which showcasing a collection actually is. I am very surprised when I see an independent designer who is showing a very formal collection inspired by a lollipop or summer breeze. Tell me about your work process. Sometimes it starts with music, like it happened with this one or like it’s going to happen with the next one. The process for the last collection started with a flowery coat and the biography of a incredible woman. My process of making a collection works parallel with creating the concept for its presentation which makes it inseparable: the sound, the video, the text, the looks, the styling - all of it works within the same idea: for the collection to be a short ten minute show. I am the least interested in my collection to be presented just formally as a collection. What are the materials did you use for this collection? I am very conservative with fabrics: cotton batiste & corduroy vs. silk brocade.
Tell me about the pieces you chose for the Milena Dravić tribute show. There are two outfits, both were inspired by Milena’s roles in the Yugoslav Black Wave movies of avangarde director Dusan Makavejev. One is Rajka, a hairdresser from a mining town in the film Man is not a bird (1965). The outfit include an oversized beige trench coat and a black catsuit and I made it specially for the person who wore it on the show - Suzana Zlatanovic aka Luna Lu, a famous belgrade radio and tv host.The other was a military jacket which has sleeves that show the ruffles of the white blouse underneath and floral shorts, stylized costume from the film WR Mysteries of the Organism (1971) from the scene in which Milena preaches about the connection between socialism and sexuality. Why did you choose these looks? I wanted to be Milena from the Black Wave movement, Milena in her Makavejev’s film. The first one I chose because I found it perfect for Suzana because it always challenge to dres a real woman. It was important to make a costume for her in which she would feel comfortable and not feel as if she was in a costumed, but at the same time feel like she could “play” Milena for a second. And I think we both succeeded in this. I chose the second one because I love that specific scene and the look from the film itself is very close to the LalicA aesthetic.
How Milena Dravić inspired you? I am fascinated by how many different genres and roles Milena could fit in, act and play, her talent was limitless. When she acts, it’s as if she breathes in freedom! That was her discreet eccentricity. Tell me about the ‘’Black Wave’’. What does it mean? The term “Black Wave” was made up by the Yugoslav government representatives in the 60s as a way to label a cultural and political wave (which they found unsuitable) that criticized the then official communist regime In films, it’s portrayed as the then real life which was against the official idea of creating an image of prosperity so in 1973 the Black Wave was official banned and forbidden. How did the black wave impact your creative process and inspired you? My previous spring collection was about partisan women, women who were fighting fascism but also fighting for a better social future. After the Second World War, during the blooming of the country and the newly acquired rights, the Black Wave showed system failures on individual’s cases. Therefore, my partisan woman in the Milena Tribute show feels and thinks differently and so, as a result, looks different as well.
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WHITE RUFFLESHORT SHIRT ALEKSANDRA LALIC JUMPER ANA LJUBINKOVIC GREY BOW BUDISLAVA KEKOVIC
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“I’ve been too fucking busy, or vice versa”
WHITE RUFFLESHORT TOPS BEIGE MILITARY COAT AND SHORTS ALEKSANDRA LALIC, HEADBAND FROM ANA LJUBINKOVIC RUNWAY
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IN A COLLABORATION WITH BELGRADE FASHION WEEK AND I.DEA PR
HAIR BY PAOLLA HAIRSTYLE BEAUTY BY MAJA VASIC (WORLD OF EDUCATION) DRESSES ALEKSANDRA LALIC JACKET ANA LJUBINKOVIC HEAT VELJKO ANDELKOVIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART DIRECTION BY GILI BIEGUN
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MILENA DRAVIC BORN 5 OCTOBER 1940 BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA DIED 14 OCTOBER 2018 BELGRADE, SERBIA
FIRE Ignite Your
A short inspiring story and photos by Asha Raval about her father, success and igniting her fire.
I was very lucky to have the most adventurous Mother who exposed me to everything the world had to offer. She took me to every type of art class, every museum from the Louvre to the Met, and encouraged me with excitement to fly alone to London by myself at the age of 7 (when my parents had forgotten to renew my passport).
I was told the tale of my 8 year old father sneaking off to steal books and climbing up mango trees to read and absorb knowledge. I was told how his high IQ and ambition powered him - to get a physics Phd, Law degree, move to America, get a Stanford MBA and become a CEO. Let me tell you, this was a lot for a little girl to process!
But it was my Father that I secretly wanted to be exactly like.
Every Saturday was ‘math day’ with my Dad. I dreaded math Saturday. All those looming numbers stressed me out! There were no pretty pictures or colors to look at, and frankly the rows of complex equations always looked so boring to me.
All the adults in my life told me epic tales of my Father – how he grew up in Uganda with no money, no resources, and 9 brothers and sisters stealing food and having no access to formal education.
I would have given anything to be playing dress up with my friends or painting colorful pictures then be forced to hear my Dad lecturing for hours on complex mathematical theories.
But my Dad’s enthusiasm and great joy when teaching me math was palpable, and I never wanted to disappoint him. I learned various strategies for getting through math Saturday. I would encourage my Dad to go off on tangents, getting very good at asking SO many questions that I never actually had to do math problems. He would always end our sessions by promising me a great dinner while watching Star Trek together, and explaining that the most important thing for me was to successfully complete my Physics Phd by the age of 27. (only then would I be allowed to go on a date with a boy, he assured me).
‘‘...he did desperately care about me living a life of purpose.’’
But deep down in my soul I was very worried. I was convinced that my Dad would one day realize I was a fraud. That I was a failure. That I was not the math genius he always wanted me to be. That it was a daily struggle for me to just get a “B” in Physics. How would I ever become powerful, successful or be smart? In high school, when my focus shifted to wearing juicy couture and being seen as the most popular girl (while my grades in physics declined), my Dad sat me down and said: “Where is your fire? You know all these celebrities you love? Why are you blindly following them? Don’t be a sheep. Don’t follow
the herd. Where is your agni? Where is your inner fire? I don’t care what you do. I don’t care if you ever get a Phd. But I do need you to show the world your fire.” My Dad died from his battle with Leukemia a year or so after this life changing conversation. I realized that he never cared what I would “do”, never cared about the “job” I would have, or about me achieving the image of “success”. But he did desperately care about me living a life of purpose. Purpose driven by intention. Purpose driven by curiosity. Purpose driven by my own authenticity and passion. There are so many times when I have felt lost in my life. Where I have
struggles to make a decision, unsure of what path to choose, unsure of what risk to take. I always reflect back on this conversation and feel my Dad’s impenetrable eyes staring into me and his booming voice filled with passion saying: “Where is your fire?” Whatever you gifts, passions or current status in life might be PLEASE don’t waste any more time stumbling through each day! Be whoever you want to be, but do so with fire in your belly! Everyday you wake up alive on this earth, strive toward your full, deepest potential.
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Gareth Pught SS19 By Ben Springham
Interview about art & fashion With illustrator Ben Springham
How did you get started in illustration? Before my degree I studied a course in Art & Design, it was my tutor at the time who suggested I take the illustration route, based on my style of drawing. My engagement started much younger when I would skip through Roald Dahl’s books to gaze at Quentin Blake’s illustrations. It amuses me when I think about it now, that was probably where it all started - I just didn’t know it yet. Why did you choose fashion illustration? What attracted you to it? Fashion as a subject to draw really excites me. It started at university when I was referencing the 1980s and the fashion of this era immediately caught my attention. Fashion as a subject is so visually rich. From the garments, hair, beauty, shoes, bags, jewellery - it allows you to be playful with what you choose to interpret. I’m attracted to the energy, the theatricality and the drama which I incorporate in my catwalk drawings - as seen in the Schiaparelli SS19 illustration. Tell me about your creative process. How do you start an illustration? I’ll often go straight into it without too much thought as I like the results this way. I won’t always get a drawing right the first time, whether it’s personal work or a commission it might take some warming up beforehand - especially if it’s something I’m not familiar with, like drawing shoes. I challenged myself at a heeled shoe from Versace F/W19 collection, attracted to the elaborate and embellished design. I try to relax into a drawing,
building it up little by little and often squinting as a technique to see what needs to be drawn and what doesn’t. Mostly working on black and coloured paper with paint markers for dramatic effect. What inspires you? Power dressing, androgyny and heavy make-up look’s from the 1980s. I absolutely adored Marc Jacobs F/W18 collection - I spent numerous days illustrating coverage of that show! What do you enjoy most about what you do? Putting pen to paper and seeing what happens, being in the moment. What is your favourite brand-illustrator collaboration? Why? The Gucci SS18 campaign with artist Ignasi Monreal really stands out for me because it’s a big deal to see a campaign for such a renowned global brand rely entirely on illustration. They are exquisite too. How do you define your personal style? Which is your favourite brand/ designer? How these impact your work? Immediate, loose, subtle, combining lines and mark-making. My style of drawing pairs well with a design which is innovative and dynamic in shape and construction. For this, I favour designers Wesley Harriott and Tomo Koizumi for their bold and experimental designs.
What has been one of your most challenging assignments? I would say drawing live at a culmination of fashion shows. You have to work so rapidly and organise your materials and supplies in an efficient way. You never know what results you are going to get. In a presentation for designer Rosella May in September 2018, the PR team wanted me to organise the models in a group formation so I could get a completed sketch of the collection. But I was also fighting of photographers as they tried to get their own coverage, shoulder to shoulder and juggling pens and paper! It’s a mad rush, some of the sketches work and some don’t, it’s trial and error really. How is street style illustration different than other illustration assignments? It’s self-driven, you direct who you are going to draw and need to be quick about it because attendees are often running between shows. It’s a personal experience and I enjoy using that time to get to know the person. I was lucky with my first street style illustration in September 2018. I was waiting in a queue for a show and to make use of my time I sketched two bloggers who stood behind me in a striking coordinated look, which I was happy not to have missed. You don’t have time to make mistakes, I work in quick strokes to form the main components of the outfit and use a splodge of colour. Other than that, what kind of projects do you usually take? I’m still pretty early in the game, only making the decision to pursue illustration as a career since August 2018. The three years prior to this I went travelling and worked
in hospitality, using this time to develop my illustration and figure out what I wanted to do with it. I’ve been lucky enough to attend the last two seasons of London Fashion Week to sketch live coverage and have been busy promoting my work. Alongside fashion, beauty and portraits, I enjoy reportage drawing and recently documented some scenes from Waterloo Bridge during Extinction Rebellion’s protests for climate change in London. What was your favourite/most challenging project so far and why? A bespoke pet portrait. The challenge was tailoring my style to capture the likeness of the pet in a minimalist way. I did this using brush and ink, finishing it off with irridecent gold paint. It took quite a lot of go’s to get it right, not sure I was going to be able to do a good enough job but was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. Prior to this, my experience in drawing animals was very little, so I’m open to pet portraits now. Which role do you predict that illustration will have in the fashion industry in the future? I predict it will spearhead more fashion campaigns following Ignasi Monreal’s work for Gucci. What advice would you give aspiring illustrators who want to make a career for themselves? Draw every day.
Versace Shoe FW19
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Wesley Harriot SS19 By Ben Springham
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Streetstyle: Gili Biegun and Gabriella Berdugo By Ben Springham
SestreS A visual story by Gili Biegun photographed at Belgrade Design District featuring SestreS collection worn by singer/model Dana Barbara Gasic Gouveia In a collaboration with Blegrade Fashion Week and I.dea pr
S SestreS Threaded Snow collection
‘‘The choice of fabrics for the collection ‘’Threaded Snow’’ was selected through polarities: smooth - rough, dark - light, translucent - opaque, soft - firm, gentle - strong. Sensual, soft and occasionally erotic forms are not in contrast to geometric and solid surfaces; the sister’s drawings sometimes follow the feminine form and emphasize it, yet sometimes they separate itself from the form completely liberating the function of displacement from the conventional and expected’’
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RO YA L It is spring in Serbia and the 45th edition of Belgrade Fashion Week is the purpose of my visit. A collaboration with the National Tourism Organisation of Serbia allows me to explore more of what the former capital of Yugoslavia has to offer and a meeting with Serbia’s royalty reveals rich history of art and architecture that survived wars and time. Photography and article by Gili Biegun
The Blue saloon of The Royal Palace decorated in the Baroque style, Today is the home Crown Prince Alexander and his family.
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It might not be the hardest fence to climb, but the wall of the Royal Compound in Belgrade surrounding the 134 hectares property. Back when construction started by King of Yugoslavia Alexander I at 1924 it might have been well guarded but these days the White palace and the other structures of the complex are surrounded by green peaceful woods and one old and sleepy security guard at the gate. The Compound is a reflection of the rich history of conquers in Belgrade. Architects Zivojin Nikolic and Nikolay Krassnoff build a Serbian-Byzantine style facade but the interior of the White and Royal Palaces tell a different story. Baroque, Renaissance, Louis XVI, Empire, Napoleon III and Biedermeier, you name it, its there. Even the Moscow Kremlin Terem Palace gets a tribute at the basement. Notable artworks at the compound are mostly Italian: A Portrait of Young Man in black by Jacopo Palma Il Vecchio, (c.1512) is questioned to be a self one, Virgin with Christ and Two Angels, Biago D’ Antonio, (c. 1490) and The Rape of Europe, Carletto Caliari, (c.1590). Built reflecting the monastery Church of Saint Andrew on the River Treska in Macedonia, The Royal Chapel is devoted to the patron Saint of The Royal Family of Yugoslavia. Serbian medieval style Frescoes covering the inside walls of the Byzantine architectural structure designed by Nikolay Krassnoff. A bullet hole in the middle of jesus’s forehead is a forever reminder: ‘’communism was here’’. Even after renovating the chapel the royal family decided not to put a plaster on the painful past. In our meeting, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine talked at length about her humanitarian work and goals. It almost felt like she is trying to close the gaps from the past and bring royalty to the 21st century.
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