KORLEKIE 

CHOOSE COLLECTION:

The opulance of empires Hand and lock embroidery competition: SUNSET JUNGLE Macrame shoes FAD- Urban Holographic

DESCRIPTION:

The opulence of empires explores the beauty of past empires celebrating the impressive ceremonial dress and uniforms of Emperors and officials of the Russian Court. It explores detail on the fine tailoring of garments, especially the royal military and the fine craftsmanship of embroidery and high quality textiles. Main inspiration is taken from the last Russian royal family – The Tsars and from the beautiful illustrations of Edmund Dulac from the story book 1001 Arabian Nights. I have merged both concepts together as to broaden my design ideas and produce a collection full of rich textiles and unique media. Illustrations by Emund Dulac conjure up the feeling of an opulent setting that inspired me very much when I was young. The fine brocade and elegant presentation of each page in the storybook aroused a desire of want as if the item being viewed was of precious stone. It is this very feeling I want viewers to feel when seeing my collection, and so have chosen both concepts and merged them together for a collection that will be full of unique and explored textiles, embellishment and embroidery. Using Luxurious yarns, unique trimmings and metal findings, I aim to produce unique and professional knitted and woven garments that have explored and researched techniques old and new from books and skills that I have acquired already.

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