Katrantzou's Interiors

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Sarah Mower of VOGUE in her review writes:
Mary Katrantzou’s spring 2011 collection—all printed with images of lavish hotel and stateroom interiors—and embellished with interior-decorator braid, tassels, and fringe trimmings. She’d digitalized fragments of pages from vintage copies of Architectural Digest and The World of Interiors, amped up the color to hyperrealist level. 

replete with sconce adornments

"With this collection, 

I wanted to put the room on the woman, 

rather than the woman in the room." designer MK

sweeping passementerie curtains

French Louis xv

upholstered & finished with gimp

beaded lampshades

crystal chandeliers

& more swinging crystals

"Yes, it's excessive, and decorative, 

and I know everyone else is talking about minimalism...

"But I knew I needed to go a little outside the stuff I've been doing. 

And I do like a challenge." MK


Wearable? Questionable?
Surrealistically Genius? Unquestionably.  




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PHOTOGRAPHS Marcio Madeira/ firstVIEW here
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Mary Katrantzou at London Fashion Week

Young designer Mary Katrantzou first standalone show at London Fashion Week was stunning. The collection was inspired by the stylized 70s photography of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin, where the interiors became as important as the models. Each garment was a work of art; the patterns were inspired by old copies of Architectural Digest and World of Interiors. Delicate silk blouses were tucked into mini-crinolines imitating lampshades while dresses with prints of window frames had chiffon fluttering like drapes.
" With this collection, I wanted to put the room on the woman, rather than the woman in the room."
---Mary Katrantzou

Source Guardian.co.uk