If you are a TV addict like me you
might have come across Natalia Fedner before. For those of you who don’t know
her – I don’t understand what are you doing with your lives -, she has been a contestant
in Lifetime’s show ‘Project Runway: Under the Gunn’ (I don’t want to spoil the
show so I won’t say which position she got). But anyway, what I wanted to tell
you about is her grandiose talent as haute couture designer.
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| © Photo by Giuliano Bekor. Model: Amanda Adrienne |
She has recently launched her 2014
haute couture collection which consists on a series of dresses and gowns made
of silver, French silk tulle and hand spun Agora. And how would she put these
materials together? Well, that is why I have waited for the Fashion Revolution
Day to tell you about her: She knits!
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| Taken from Natalia Fedner's Instagram (link at the bottom) |
Whenever I hear the word “knitting”
my thoughts go to thick woolly clothes that keep you warm during winter and
those scarves and jumpers grammas make. I love both of those things – And I’ve
even started to knit recently – and I was waiting for some clothes inspired by
tradition and my favourite season. Needless to say that I was thrilled the
first moment I put my eyes on her final work, for not only she had captured
what I expected but had also taking it a step further to create haute couture –
which I am not generally a big fan of.
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| © Photo by Giuliano Bekor. Model: Amanda Adrienne |
Her collection, called Empress’s New
Clothes, could not have had a better name, for they are garments that an
empress would wear. Defined by her as a collection “inspired in part by the
mood of Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’: there is great strength in things that may
appear weak or fragile”, her gowns makes model Amanda
Adrienne look stunning,
with elegance and delicacy yet with an aura of strength to it, as she is
attending to a glamorous event in Paris.
The photoshoot, by Giuliano Bekor,
captures the astonishing garments screaming power and fragility at the same
time. These pieces of art become alive in the most pure old Hollywood glamour,
making very easy for anyone to imagine Liz Taylor, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly or
any other fabulous star wearing it.
To me, it is the ultimate hard and
soft collection, because it far from the usual leather and silk collections. This
is hard and soft in its pureness. Taking material like silver and thick thread
to create something delicate like glass and full of amazing details is not an
art, it is magic. No wondering why Shakira has already purchase of of Fedner’s
creations!
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| © Photo by Giuliano Bekor. Model: Amanda Adrienne |
If I had to mark her creations it would
be a 15 out of 10 because this collection is beyond anything I have seen
before. I can foretell her career in the fashion industry will be at least as spectacular
as her debut collection and personally, I cannot wait to see what else she has
prepared for the world to see.
For
more Natalia Fedner (I know you want to see more) visit: http://www.nataliafednerdesign.com
Or herTwitter account: https://twitter.com/NataliaFedner
Instagram account: http://instagram.com/nataliafedner
Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/NataliaFednerDesign
Photographer: Giuliano Bekor : http://giulianobekor.com/photography
Model: Amanda Adrienne: https://twitter.com/AmandaAdrienne
I agree! but I think she's made for high fashion. I mean, the steampunk-inspired dress was incredible and unique! and she's demonstrated several times in the show that her imagination is amazing! Not to mention again how unbelievably good this collection is! I hope she succeeds in everything she wants :)
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