COLL 03 SUMMER, “PALM GARDENS”

WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN!

FIRST A WIN OF THE FASHION TRUST ARABIA PRIZE (FTA) AS A TURKISH DESIGNER FOR THE GUEST COUNTRY AWARD, THEN FINALIST AS A FRENCH DESIGNER FOR THE LVMH PRIZE, A GROWING COMMUNITY AND YOU HERE, TODAY, GUEST TO MY FIRST SHOW UNDER OUR INSTITUTION, THE PARIS FASHION WEEK. IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE ONE WONDER OR AT LEAST REFLECT ON HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. HOW DID THE DESERT ROAD FINALLY HIT AN OASIS.

ARIDITY NEVER SCARED ME THOUGH; I STARTED MY BRAND WITH NOTHING BUT WHAT I COULD DO WITH MY HANDS AND A SURVIVAL INSTINCT MOST KIDS OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS FROM THE “BANLIEUE” (FRINGES OF AN ACKNOWLEDGED FRENCHNESS) FORM SO EARLY IT BECOMES INTRINSIC TO THEIR CHARACTER. THIS RESILIENCE IS TREE LIKE, ROOTED DEEP AND TALL AND TALLNESS WAS KEY THIS SUMMER, VERTICALITY WAS KEY. WAS IT RICHARD SERRA’S EAST-WEST/WEST-EAST INSTALLATION IN THE BROUQ DESERT IN QATAR WHERE I WAS FOR THE FTA THAT IMPRINTED THIS WANT FOR BLACK, STEELY HEIGHTS IN ME OR THE CONSTANT CONVERSATION OF MY OWN EAST AND WEST? REGARDLESS, IT’S A RATHER STORMY INTERNAL TALK AT TIMES, BUT I FEEL A RECONCILIATION. CALME APRÈS LA TEMPÊTE?

HARDLY! THINGS ARE GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER AND DRESS CODED CEREMONIALS AND RITUALS BECOME A THING I NEED GETTING USED TO FOR MYSELF, DRESSING UP IN MYSELF. WALK THE TALK AS THEY SAY. THIS DIRECT RELATION TO MY OWN DESIGNS HAS BEEN THE BASE OF MY PROCESS, I ALWAYS TRIED MY PIECES ON ME FIRST DURING FITTINGS. I DO THIS BECAUSE THAT’S HOW YOU GO FROM DESIGNER TO WEARER. YOUR DECISIONS ARE THEN GUIDED BY PURE DESIRE, YOU EITHER WANT TO WEAR THE PIECE OR YOU WORK TOWARDS THAT FEELING AND THERE IS NO GREATER FEELING THAN TO ARRIVE IN A ROOM FOLLOWED BY A HUE OF FLOATING MOUSSELINE. A SENSE OF ORIENTAL TRAGEDY I ALWAYS FOUND SEXY AND ENJOY GIFTING TO YOU.

WE ARE IN PARIS, AND IT IS MEN’S WEEK. HOW, WHY SOME ASK. WHY NOT I SAY. WHY IS THE EXACTING EXERCISE OF WEARING HEELS RESERVED TO WOMEN, WHY IS A SASH IN SILK ORGANZA TOO FEMININE FOR A MAN, WHY IS SOPHISTICATION AND CARING ENOUGH TO MAKE AN EFFORT UNCOOL? WHY IS A WOMAN’S NUDITY SUCH A TOPIC? WHY SHOULD MY EXPLORATION OF THESE QUESTIONS BE RESERVED TO WOMEN’S WEEK? MY ANSWERS ARE TRANSPARENT, TRANSPARENT AS A BURÇA IN SILK TULLE BUT HARDLY ABSOLUTE. I AM THRILLED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, THROUGH MY COLLECTION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

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BURC AKYOL COLL 03 SUMMER, “PALM GARDENS”

PHOTOGRAPHY SARAH WILLMEROTH

DIRECTOR ANTHONY GOUJJANE
POST PRODUCTION YANN CATHELINAUD

ORIGINAL MUSIC BY LEGACY

CREATIVE CONSULTING MANON DEL COLLE
MAKE UP LEAD LAUREN BOS
WITH TEAM SHIN FENESTRE, CAMILLE IAM, FLORIAN BIGNON, MARIE VALLÉE, CAROLINE JOOS
HAIR LEAD NICOLAS PHILIPPON
WITH TEAM GWEN JONCOUR, SAMIRA FETAHOUI, VIRGINIE HULLAERT, ANGELE FUMEY, REBECCA VILSAINT
CASTING ALEXANDRE JUNIOR CYPRIEN
PRODUCTION TWOTWENTY PRODUCTION
LIGHTS OLIVIER BOISSIERE
PRESS KARLA OTTO

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO

LEGACY LUCIA NORO, CARLO CARRADORE, JORIS NICAUD, PAUL-ALEXANDER REISINGER, LEANDER AIGUIER, JEAN-LOUIS AND LE CHEMIN DES MAQUETTES, GONZALO CABALLERO, JULIEN DUFOUR, KARLA OTTO, MANON DEL COLLE, NICOLAS PHILIPPON, ISIS MOENNE-LOCCOZ, SIBEL TEKIN, GIADA MARINA GIORGIO, VERONICA LICCARDI, YIHAN HAN JEN, LAUREN BOS, EVA CLEMENTE, SHIN FENESTRE, THOMAS KERGOT LOUISE ROUGER MARIE DEBEACKER AND TWOTWENTY PRODUCTION, NICOLE BOUAZIZ, ALEXANDRA ET MICHAEL KRUCZYK-VALLÉE, THOMAS VILACA, ANTHONY GOUJJANE, SARAH WILLMEROTH, PASCALE ARNAUD, MOUNIA NASSANGAR, CLARA GRECO, PAUL MERLOZ, JULIANNE COURTOIS, CORALIE PINATEL, MAXIME DURAND DURONSOY, VINCENT ZIMBERLAIN, LVMH PRIZE, SERGE CARREIRA, LA FEDERATION DE LA HAUTE COUTURE ET DE LA MODE, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE LA MODE, SIDNEY TOLEDANO, SARAH MOWER, SARA MAINO, LAURENT TYJOU, MY FAMILY, AND JONATHAN CARRETTA.

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