RESTING WITHIN THE SOFT GUM OF THE SCALLOP TONGUE
BRIDAL CAPSULE FOR COL.001
 
PHOTOGRAPHED BY  REMY SPANOS
TALENT FROM JULIETTE NICOL
CREATIVE DIRECTION BY REMY SPANOS & OCTOPUSSAY
GARMENT DESIGN CONSULTATION BY ANGELIQUE NICOL

“THE TIDE NEVER STOPS, JUST SHIFTS.”

OUR FIRST BRIDAL OFFERING WAS PRESENTED AT 138GALLERY AS THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN THE SLOW RELEASE OF OUR INAUGURAL COLLECTION.
HELD FROM THE  24TH OF APRIL TO THE 7TH OF MAY 2023.
 THE FORM OF THE EXHIBITION IS A CONTINUED EXPRESSION OF OUR DESIRES TO VERGE BETWEEN BOTH FASHION AND ART PRACTICE : PRESENT AND TRADITIONAL WAYS OF WORKING.

THE EXHIBITION FEATURED A CAMPAIGN, PHOTOGRAPHED BY LONGTIME COLLABORATOR, REMY SPANOS.
SHOT ON LOCATION IN DIAMOND BAY, ON THE LANDS OF THE BOON WURRUNG PEOPLE OF THE KULIN NATIONS.
IN THIS CAMPAIGN, WE RETURNED TO THE OCEAN: AN OBVIOUS BUT IMPORTANT TERRAIN FOR THE LABEL — EMPHASISING LUST, ROMANCE AND FRIVOLITY WITHIN THE AQUATIC LANDSCAPE. THE CAMPAIGN WAS DISPLAYED IN THE EXHIBITION THROUGH HAND-PRINTED SILVER GELATIN AND CHROMOGENIC PRINTS. SHOWCASING NOT ONLY SPANOS’ EYE FOR IMAGERY, BUT ALSO HER SKILL IN THE ART OF PRINT MAKING.

THE BRIDAL ENSEMBLE ECHOES THE EXPLORATION OF “LUMPY” SHAPES FOUND WITHIN THE READY-TO-WEAR SECTION. A DESIGN ELEMENT USED TO EMPHASISE THE BODIES UNDULATING FORM WHILE ALSO CREATING A PECULIAR SILHOUETTE.
THE TENTACLE GOWN, ALONG WITH THE BRIDAL ÉDITION OF THE LUMP BAG, ARE MADE IN A SILK DUPION — THE RAWEST FORM OF SILK — PADDED WITH STUDIO OFFCUTS AND DISCARDED COTTON STUFFING. SECONDHAND TULLE, FOUND FROM OLD CURTAINS, MAKE UP THE LUMP BAG OVERLAY AND BRIDAL SCARF VEIL. THE BRIDAL ÉDITION LUMP BAG FEATURES THE OYSTER EMBLEM. THE BRIDAL ENSEMBLE IS MADE-TO-ORDER AND LIMITED TO AN OFFERING OF 2 EDITIONS.












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