Inspired by the image of Jeanne D'Ark…
Each of us sometimes wants to feel belligerent and fragile, open to the whole world and mysterious. The one about which legends are composed, the one to which poems and prose are dedicated.After all, in each of us there lives a young rebel, her own Joan of Arc.
FRANCE SYMBOL
One of the many legends associated with the name of Jeanne says that on the night she was born, the roosters sang before dawn, "like heralds of new joy." On the very first morning after the birth of the girl, they shouted with an unusual cry, never heard before, as if foreshadowing an important event. For more than two hours, these wayward domestic birds flapped their wings, predicting an unusual future for the baby.
Embodying vigilance, the famous symbol of France, the rooster, decorated the products of the collection created for the first month of autumn. In addition to watercolor prints with the image of a Gallic rooster, we have created author's jacquards with an openwork feather pattern. Our embroidery artists have developed incredibly airy feather embroideries framing the necks and sleeves of dresses and blouses. Accent embroidery with roosters decorate coats and vests, jackets and sweatshirts.
A removable finish made of natural feathers, perfectly matched to a three-dimensional animalistic 3D print, adds sophistication. Each product in this collection is symbolic and thought out to the smallest detail.
FEMININITY ITSELF
The second month of autumn, according to the idea of Ksenia Knyazeva, should embody femininity itself. The abundance of romantic dresses will help to reveal the most important thing in a woman - her tenderness and fragility. The flowers, fruits and branches of the pomegranate, exquisitely entwining dresses, remind of the danger that beauty can conceal. During the Hundred Years' War, it was the grenades that inspired the belligerents to create clay grenades filled with limestone pebbles similar to these fruits. Numerous bright colors of the print on viscose and cotton are replaced by expressive voluminous embroidery on gauze fabric. Dresses and bodysuits made of author's textiles with embroidery wrap a woman like a cold haze, allowing her to become airy, elusive. Embroidery in the form of brooches on dresses and sweatshirts are decorated with glass dark red pomegranate seeds.
Birds of paradise, taken from the floral watercolor print, hide in the airy French lace of romantic dresses, as if alive.
SHINE WITH ARMOR
The third month of the autumn collection of the brand Ksenia Knyazeva, dedicated to Jeanne D'Ark, shines with armor. There was a place for soft knitwear imitating chain mail, and fabrics so fashionable this fall with the addition of lurex. The central capsule made of thick knitted knitwear is decorated with medieval frescoes with floral patterns and the image of the heroine of the collection.
The combination of stylized antique engravings with decorative elements of the facade of buildings creates incredibly vivid images, interesting combinations with monochrome products.
A capsule with a floral pattern, decorated with a watercolor mesh of threads with beads, softens the sharpness. Such products are not just outfits, but real works of art designed to be the most expressive and beloved in every woman's wardrobe.
Noble silk velvet with Gothic patterns etched on it continues the medieval theme in the collection of "Joan of Arc". In combination with lacing and silhouettes characteristic of that time, it makes the image of Jeanne even more attractive. Avoiding the excessive gloom of the Gothic style, the designers found quite picturesque solutions.
The inspiration was stained glass windows- "roses"- the brightest elements of medieval Christian architecture. Decorated with birds and scenes from the life of kings, they covered flowing viscose crepes and made an incredibly beautiful winter capsule.