Just like her peer, Erdem Moralioglu, Mary Karantzou is a master of print. Karantzou is also a child of the future, digitally producing all of her prints herself. Her last collection—which I regretablly neglected to cover—placed architecture on her women. This time around, she placed her women inside of a decorated wonderland within some realm of possibility. I've always found to be peoples' living space absolutely fascinating—I believe
The Selby is better than porn, but then again, I say the same thing about various fashion publications and blogs. Fine art objects such as Fabergé eggs made appearances in the various prints, but my personal favorite (at least the one I could make visual sense of) featured a couple of lovely koi fish. In the grand scope of things, these amounted to a more humble decoration. Each piece was like a step into the incredibly luxe lives of women like Diana Vreeland and Coco Chanel. The countless egg-shaped skirts contributed to the magic. Even a wallpaper print in scarlet was worth a dreamy sigh. There were moments when Karantzou abandoned structure for more wearable options,
but who really needs to sit down? In these fantastic works of art, I'd proudly stand.
Valeria B.
Anna Schillin
Emilia Skuza
Kelli Lumi
Charlotte Wiggins
Tabea Weyrauch
Katya Ko
Caroline Corinth
Anna Schilling
Chloe Memisevic
Liu Xu
Photos via style.com
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