Clara Daguin. Couture Fall 2019 - Paris (overview)

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Emerging designer Clara Daguin's revealed her first Paris couture showing and if there is an indication of  newer designers who are setting  benchmarks of innovation within the fashion industry, Dagiun stands as the most strikingly original.  Incorporating a technological slant to her designs, heavily influenced by the idealisms of post human and technology hybrids, yet the clothing is created all by hand. Integrating conductive threads, wiring and computer chips – a weaved conceptualized piece that doesn't reflect some of the garish costume inspired styles of other emerging designers.  Rather Daguin has raised a standard by implementing, particularly with her couture presentation, the sheer complexity of her designs and ode to the mastery of old, by creating each piece by hand - her laboriously skillful creations have ensured that she maintains the human imprint as it fuses with accessories of machine precision.  A rustic, but complex arrangement of science infused concepts, functionality and creativity.  An overlay of challenging ideas. 

For her Couture piece, Daguin exhibited a concept dress titled A.T.O.M (Audio Trans-Optic Matter) under the famous Chapelle Expiatoire.  Built above the burial site of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, with a single model, standing above the circular mirrors, encased by four diaphanous fabric rings.  All, including the complex styled dress, oscillating in a bio-rhythmic pulse like symbolism, with clear inspiration from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Holy Mountain (1973) infamous 'Alchemist' scene, of the surreal cultist desire to instigate a newer way of discerning reality.  Daguin spent over 3000 hours with thirty assistants sewing in the five kilograms of glass beads, small mirrors and LED pixels cables.