Ziad Nakad SS18 Collection at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

For his Spring Summer 2018 collection, Ziad Nakad decided to celebrate the 'Goddess of wheat' and "Mother of the Earth".

Goddess who gathers the fruits of the earth and offers them to humanity; its cult is particularly flourishing in the countries where this wheat is found in abundance, in Sicily, in the region of Eleusis, in Crete, in Thrace and in the Peloponnese.

 Like a bird flying over the harvests, perfectly free, crossing a colorful sky, resplendent and singularly geometric:
 the pale blue of the sky

mixes with the yellow and gold of the wheat

, the green of the earth,

the coral of the ocean

and the bronze trees at sunset.

Wheat ears dot the dresses, a tribute to the most iconic representation of the goddess Demeter.

 Dress after dress, Ziad Nakad plays a subtle game that celebrates life in a precise mastered know-how and silk embroidery sublimated tulles.

 Ziad Nakad created this collection for a strong woman, assumed, voluntary but also and especially generous, inspired by one of the most favorable deities to humans, as a symbol of accomplishment and peace.

Grand finale showed an exquisite wedding gown

Malan Breton SS18 at London Fashion Week

Titled 'Hades in Darkness, Breton draws his inspiration from the Edwardian and Victorian era,

focusing on the magical darkness  and the comic book styled villains that roamed the shadows of this time.

Video of the show's finale:



Breton juxtaposes modern athleisure silhouettes with classic tailoring of yesteryear

and couture contours crafted at Lesage in Paris.

Wire, bone and rubber convey a story of modernism, sex and chaotic beauty - it's Moulin Rouge meets Blade Runner meets Camille.

Silk and tulles are transformed to give the illusion of wings

whereas hand beading and Asian brocades rival these with attributes of the underworld.

Patterns are strong with Asian symbols derived from Malan's Taiwanese roots

and sit alongside butterflies and mythological creatures.

Photographer: Simon Armstrong

Katja Nuutinen Couture creates The "Ball"- Gown‏ inspired by Wimbledon

Katja Nuutinen Couture specializes in designing fabulous ball gowns but never before quite so literally!
Based in Wimbledon she decided to celebrate tennis fortnight by creating something fun and unique, a show stopping "Ball"- gown that is sure to catch the attention of bypassers on her shop window, tennis lovers or not.

The "Ball"-gown, made of tennis ball material, will be auctioned for children's charity after the tennis fortnight. Children's wellbeing is near to Katja's heart. "Seeing a little one helpless and suffering just breaks my heart. That's why it is so important that we protect them when they are vulnerable whether due to illness, abuse or any other reason.", Katja says.

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Dress shown in

7 Leopold Road

Wimbledon

London SW19 7BB