THE HEART OF THE AMAZON

Birds of Paradise fanning otherworldly plumage, National Geographic covers of ancient trees scraping azure skies,
thousands of butteries taking ight – this season the Amazon Rainforest lines the walls of the London atelier
where the couture collection is crafted by hand.
This landscape of natural wonders can be seen in look 12 as dazzling morning light – handled in a ne mesh of
crystals – breaks the rainforest’s canopy of emerald green double-satin. Or in look 3, an invisible tulle dress with
contoured corset and full, meandering hips. It’s hand embroidered with crystal tassels that ow from clavicle to
oor, cutting through silhouette as rivers do the land, carving dense terrain with watery ribbons.
Flow and restraint. Light and dark. Flora and fauna. In exploring the Amazon’s dualities, the tiniest inuences are as
essential as the grandest. That’s why look 13 celebrates the humble spider’s web (the rainforest is home to about
3,6000 species). Here, irregular gossamer strands hand spun from crystals trace a tonal bodysuit. While look 4
captures the uttering blues of the morpho buttery. Intricate threadwork – taking the atelier 400 hours – and
artful draping recall its hypnotic wings.
Entering such a mythical garden of paradise is the gesture behind the collection’s nal look. Biot feathers and
hand-embroideries fall as a double duchesse satin wedding gown cascades into owing silk chion – purity,
lightness, fragility