Miss Sohee, the model based by South Korean designer Sohee Park, has secured a spot on the celebrated schedule of the French Fédération de la Haute Couture—an honor reserved for under a choose few within the unique world of French couture. Right now, as the latest member of this elite membership, Park unveiled her debut assortment at Hôtel Pozzo di Borgo, the historic residence as soon as owned by Karl Lagerfeld. But, backstage earlier than the present, the designer appeared unfazed.
Park favors sensually sculpted silhouettes: “As a lady designing for girls, I really like to intensify the physique’s pure curves,” she mentioned. Her fascination with the type of petals and shells was a recurring motif all through the gathering. She additionally expressed an appreciation for modesty—although her opening look urged in any other case. Coco Rocha appeared in a sheer black Chantilly lace bodysuit, paired with an identical face masks and lace-up stiletto boots, all layered beneath a corseted bodice with python-printed round-shaped shells protecting (so to talk) the hips.
The gathering was undoubtedly about seduction and glamour—rustling silks and taffetas, sinuous silhouettes, corsetry, petticoats peeking from beneath robes, and uncovered brassières. “This season, I used to be actually drawn to the great thing about undergarments,” Park defined. The shape-fitting, curvaceous creations of earlier seasons (“I by no means minimize in straight traces”) have been reinterpreted in softly draped leather-based; lavishing on intricate gildings, Park crafted raised sequined embroidery of natural world—a fragile homage to her Korean heritage—alongside mother-of-pearl inlays adorning purses and belts. Park has a style for the theatrical, in addition to for sensuous femininity; there’s an beautiful flamboyance to her creations that make them strike a stability between Western up to date fashion and delicate Jap grace. Celebrities and film stars are paying consideration.
