At the close of Couture Fashion Week, we had the privilege of being invited to the Zahia Couture show.
Beautiful invitation, magnificent venue, secrecy surrounding the event, we had no idea what was in store. A quality event, a collection of top-of-the-range lingerie masterfully staged. The courtesan had succeeded.
I wish to prove that nothing is impossible for those who know how to dream.
I take you to a kingdom
where Woman is Queen.”
ZAHIA
The dream story
Birth of a fashion house
Pencil in hand, Zahia Dehar has always sketched her imaginative ideas. With broad strokes, she fills her notebooks with drawings that form her logbook. These sketches express her vision of a sublimated, joyful and poetic femininity. This is how dreams can transform reality into a canvas as brilliant as it is extraordinary. Two years ago, inspired by the beauty of exquisite everyday objects, but also by that of Nature, Zahia Dehar decided to build an in-depth scenography. Drawing after drawing, she came up with a complete lingerie collection that she imagined as Couture. At 19, Zahia Dehar reveals herself to be a dreamer, a creative perfectionist. She embarked on her personal project with audacity, unconcerned with diktats. A self-confessed autodidact, here she is on the road to an insane challenge: to conquer fashion by enchanting it.
The creation of this first Couture lingerie collection is therefore an event in itself. Sophisticated and sophisticated, it demonstrates that Zahia Dehar knows how to explore her emotions, extracting from them an artistic vision and a sense of aesthetics. The result is a phantasmagorical universe of powerful seduction. Four themes make up this spectacular and singular collection. Zahia Dehar proves that nothing is impossible for those who know how to dream, and takes us with her into a realm where Woman is Queen. Quite simply, we are witnessing the genesis of a Couture house.
Creation of a Couture Lingerie Collection
A rare event in the history of fashion: the complete Zahia Dehar lingerie collection is entirely Couture. Each piece is a complex proposition composed of rare and exceptional materials. The tiniest pearl or Swarovski rhinestone is hand-sewn. Lace is dyed piece by piece, as are leathers, silks and marabou down puffs.
The structures of the most spectacular sets were entrusted to a sculptor who worked piece by piece. Artisanal dyeing and assembly, meticulous detail and the nobility of the fabrics used make this first Zahia Dehar Couture lingerie collection a remarkable fashion event. It is also the first time that so many skilled craftsmen have translated a dream deemed impossible.
The Zahia Dehar Couture lingerie collection offers a total immersion in the intimacy
of this ideal boudoir. The young designer presents her fairytale vision of an absolute woman in
her choices. She has created a dreamlike universe where frills are coordinated with pumps and bags. Zahia Dehar’s bold, limitless universe is just like her: graceful, powdery,
sweet, petal pink, full of youth, energy and freshness.
ZAHIA – Spring – Summer 2012 Couture Collection from Zahia Officiel on Vimeo.
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