The Forbidden Liaisons
Spring Summer 2014
With traditional Mandarin collars, high necklines, and cape-like arm openings, this collection is a nod to the formal, luxuriant, and sometimes stifling way women dressed in China before the cultural revolution. Movies 'House of Flying Daggers' (directed by Zhang Yimou) and 'In the Mood for Love' (directed by Kar Wai Wong) highlighted how China’s cultural sheltering of women led to ardent seduction — a common theme in this collection. Corrie Nielsen deploys a range of fabrics, using cotton pique, waxed cottons, cotton silk blends, latex, and wool bouclé to reinterpret Chinese dress cuts from the 1950s. Each piece reveals its character slowly, much like an alluring starlet in a classic film.
Hair Direction:
Sergio Renis for Windle & Moodie
Makeup Direction:
Nora Nona using Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Stylist:
Karen Binns
Casting:
David Evans
Profile Models:
Tatjana
Julie D.
Patrish
Leila
Show Photographer:
Timo Kerber
Show Video:
Ian Powell
Music:
Ken Watanabe
PR:
Alexandre Boulais Communications, Paris
Show Venue:
Mayfair Hotel, London