HAUNTED BY A DRESS…
It’s Saturday morning and I have friends visiting from London. I’m lying in bed hoping they don’t wake up.
Not because I don’t like them, of course, but because I’ve got to get this off my chest. It’s been over a month since the Inbar Spector show and yet the collection is still at the forefront of my mind. This dress in particular has started to become a bit of an obsession. Compare it to Inbar’s other work and you might call it simple, even rudimentary. Regardless, it’s the reincarnation of a childhood fantasy – a grown up version of the sugar-coated dress I always imagined I’d wear on my wedding day.
It’s modest and refined but, at the same time, achingly alluring. The high neck and long sleeves lend a feeling of austerity and formality. The sheer fabric is painfully pretty. It’s so intricate and lightweight that it looks as though the slightest breath would make it fall apart. The body, by contrast, is full and exaggerated. Layers upon layers are stacked to the point of concealing the wearer. Her figure is hidden but she retains confidence and charm.
This dichotomy between seduction and strength isn’t a new one. It is, after all, what many men will credit as making a woman most appealing – she is beautiful and yet independent. This is at the heart of ‘masculine’ dressing and exactly why so many designers this season have blatantly mixed hard elements with soft ones. It draws on the multi-dimensional character that exists within every woman. Conflating seduction and strength by making clothes that appeal to both aspects of one’s personality makes for clothes that are far more interesting than those that cater to just one side. This dress does exactly that, it is concealed and yet also revealing. It is bold but at the same time discreet. It isn’t everyday you find a single item that symbolizes everything you love about fashion but this dress does just that for me.
That dress is insane! Naturally, everyone must be haunted by it O.O
It is certainly gorgeous and pictures are stunning x
The whole collection was amazing, I especially loved the facial jewelery.
No wonder you’re haunted by it, it’s ridiculously gorgeous! It’s everything you say, and also so bird-like, so mythical creature-y. I absolutely adore it!
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You’ve described it perfectly, it’s amazing x
The laced back just makes it. It’s one of those items that you are passionately in love with but can’t say why. xx
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Ridiiiculously beautiful, and to think of all the craftmanship skills behind it too – these young (?? I’m seeing more effort gone in for one dress than any given collection by other ‘big’ names…) designers really deserve more of the spotlight that unfortunately is usually a very expensive ‘privilege’. But Inbar really seems like a designer keep a good eye on! (And thankfully someone was diligent enough to wake up early for her show
Totally agree…
p.s. your butt better be in the seat next to me next season. xx
nice!
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Oh it’s just gorgeous. I love the face piece too, make it like a gazillion times more interesting xoxo