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D C O N C E P T T h e c o l l e ctio n , ‘ Dif f u sio n ’, e m b o die s a s e n s e o f s t r u ct u ra l

fe mininit y,

re f l e ctin g

the

beauty

of

n a t u re t h ro u gh f l ow a n d r hy t h m , b rin gin g its pie c e s to life . D e s c rib e d a s b o l d , ro m a n tic , a n d t h re e -

dim e n sio n a l , t h e s t r u ct u ra l fo r m s c re a te b o l d s h a p e s a n d p ro p o r tio n s t h a t re f l e ct a c o n c e p t o f grow t h

t h ro u gh vo l u min o u s ye t s l e e k sil h o u e t te s . T h e high c o n t ra s t c o l o u r p a l e t te c o n sis ts o f vib ra n t ye l l ow a n d o ra n ge to n e s , wit h a n o p p o sin g e l e ct ric b l u e a c hieve d t h ro u gh a s e l f- d yin g p ro c e s s . T h e s e b o l d

c o l o u rs d raw in s pira tio n f ro m t h e ‘ S t re lit zia ’, a l s o

k n ow n a s t h e ‘ bird o f p a ra dis e ’ f l owe r. Fo c u sin g o n t h e c o nve rge n c e o f m ove m e n t a n d s ta bilit y, wo o l

s e r ve s a s t h e p rim a r y fa b ric d u e to its l uxu rio u s weigh t,

n a t u ra l

p ro p e r tie s

and

s u s tain a bilit y

e n s u rin g l o n gevit y. Wo o l fa b ric a tio n s in c l u d e je rs ey, c a s h m e re , a n d c o a tin g fa b ric s wit hin t h e ra n ge .

I t is c o n t ra s te d wit h a s a tin g a za r fa b ric fe a t u rin g a n o rigin a l p rin t d e sign . Pl e a tin g c re a te s ra dia l

lin e s t h a t dif f u s e , b rin gin g t h e c o l l e ctio n to ge t h e r

c o h e sive l y. T h e sil h o u e t te s s h owc a s e gravit y- d e f yin g p a t te r n m a kin g a n d c o n s t r u ctio n te c h niqu e s .

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J A C K E T C R A N E wool cashmere

self-dyed japanese wool coating

pleated satin gazar with original print

T R O U S E R

C A T S U I T D I V I N E

N E C K - P I E C E LO T U S

S L A S H pleated satin gazar with original print

self-dyed merino wool jersey

self-dyed japanese wool coating

self-dyed japanese wool coating

D R E S S M I N I S T O R K pleated satin gazar with original print

self-dyed japanese wool coating

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T O P P H O E N I X

E L I X I R self-dyed japanese wool coating

pleated satin gazar with original print

D R E S S S T R E L I T Z I A pleated satin gazar with original print

wool cashmere

self-dyed merino wool jersey

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CAMILLA AKRANS

PROENZA SCHOULER

VALENTINO IRIS VAN HERPEN

YOUSEF AKBAR

ROBERT WUN

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A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S F a s h i o n

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C o n s t r u c t i o n ,

P a t t e r n m a k i n g , T e x t i l e

P r i n t

D e s i g n ,

F a b r i c

D y e i n g ,

I l l u s t r a t i o n , S t y l i n g , C r e a t i v e

D i r e c t i o n ,

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P l e a t e r s : R a d o

P l e a t i n g

P h o t o g r a p h e r : Ta l i a

S k u s e

M o d e l s : S u m m e r

Wa n l e s s

R e n e i g h

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