REAL WOMEN: Norisol Ferrari opted for curvy real woman with classic proportions for her show Monday morning opting for legends Carol Alt, Alva Chinn, Carmen Dell’Orefice and Karen Bjornson for her runway. She wasn’t the only one to go with the veterans, though: later that day, Marimekko had Dell’Orefice, Alt and Pat Cleveland.
Designer profile
NORISOL
FERRARI photography Sylvain Blais, Styling Kathia Cambron
Our encounter with NewYorkdesigner Norisol Ferrari in her fashion studio was a great moment,surrounded by so much to see: her talent,her strength,her vision,all of which was on display at new York fashion week. Now she’s about to complete her first movie,where you dive more fully into her universe.What a genius way to pass along the fashion experience.In her studio,among her closest entourage, we exchange a few words. By Kathia Cambron
I
am a chameleon. I’ve done … i’ve had so many different looks, like hair… hair to me is like shoes, I change them often. I’m not attached to anything any idea of what my hair should be.
‘Mistress’ suit; leather jacket with lace-up back detail and pants NoriSol ferrAri, available at the New York Atelier, www. norisolferrari.com, or by appointment 646-524-6126. earrings in 18K white gold, diamonds and black onyx DiAMiNi at Birks. 925 silver thread ring CAroliNe SAVoie Jewelry.
We definitely see that you love, you have a strong Hollywood glamour fascination and I was not surprised you were working on a film project because you are so cinema graphic. How did that come into your life? I think that the love of cinema came from Drama and beauty. It was important for us to Channel 13 which used to show black and white movies late at night and on the talk to you today because our next edition is about drama and we thought it was a great fit weekends. I was completely enthralled. I’m talking 2, 3, 4, 5 years old, I was to have you there. absolutely taken by all the darkness in I would do anything in the world for black and white film and how much most of my life to not be described in excitement could occur from seeing that way but I finally have accepted nothing at all. You were waiting. The thrill that is exactly who I am. Yes, drama, it’s was just “What’s coming around the all there. corner?!” and how little you saw women’s You have also a very unique way to stage your flesh if you will but yet clothes seemed to work. Do you think fashion is in the new era fit them as though it were their skin. They presenting more like an art performance when seemed to … costumes seemed to do you do your show? something that wasn’t logical, they I think every single artist has this curse seemed like magic. How could you do which is you feel you have to do better that? How was that done? And I think that than the last thing you did. You feel you question has led me to this moment. How have to reinvent what it is you’ve taken do you do that? I wanted to know how did an enormous amount of time to master, they create these garments. I continue to and you now have to master it again in ask that question every day because there a new way. I think that’s the curse of are so many techniques and so many anyone who creates things. It’s a curse ways to make beautiful clothing. That led I think writers probably feel the same me to be sort of religious about producing way. I’d say it’s the curse of the creative to the highest scale and the highest of person. It’s not without a team though. quality within my abilities. But then as we You can’t do this by yourself and you started photographing it and showing it need people to look at you and say, and I see it in editorials and I see it on my “That’s a stupid idea!” customers and then I began to realize that