AZZI & OSTA propose a new variation of the classic Greco-Roman theme this season for Haute Couture 2023. Between Light And Sea.
A rigorous architectural work, applied to the structure of the models, reflects an offbeat bias. Geometry and pure lines, sometimes heckled by a bubbling of tulle, reinterpret a statuary that is both hieratic and moving, rigid in appearance, fluid and supple to wear.
All in optical illusions, the work of textures imitates the bas-reliefs of the monuments or the rebel vegetation from which they emerge. In the gazar, satin or crepe Georgette, declined in mineral or metallic shades, are dug the grooves of a column, or rounded, in frieze, cosmic eggs formed crocheted around wooden balls.
Here elements of toga, majestic capes, sensual drapes and airy pleats are attached with fibulas or precious elements of passementerie. There, a powerful chain mail in a mosaic of golden beads springs from a cascade of white gazar. The silver reflections of an entirely hand-sequined ensemble are an ode to the Moon and to Diana, divinity of the night.
The heavy braids of Caesar’s epaulets, symbols of power, are contrasted with a transparent cape dotted with romantic golden bows. Streams of sequins illuminate the blue-night flow of a train. Signature necklines blossom into column capitals. Garlands of laurel rain down in cascades of satin on the bottom of a bacchante dress. In braided golden metal, laurel also crowns a head or emphasizes a drape, underlines the waist. Everywhere blows the spirit of nymphs and goddesses, gathered for the time of a dream and a contemporary floralia.
The silence of the statues is impressive, their immobility is grace. An inexhaustible source of inspiration, the ancient world is also an encounter between sea and light, at the crossroads of past and present, always placing women at the heart of its veneration.
Everything in this AZZI & OSTA collection contributes to bring out, with immense respect and infinite tenderness, the natural strength of femininity.
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