Paris Haute Couture SS15: Ulyana Sergeenko
Soviet storytelling
Bold shapes, exaggerated volumes, botanical prints and embroideries combined to form Ulyana Sergeenko's latest Haute Couture collection...
Looking at the artistic world of Sergei Parajanov, a pioneering Soviet film director and artist who made significant contributions to Ukrainian, Armenian and Georgian cinema, as well as the Russian Romanticism found in Mikhail Lermontov's poems, Sergeenko's looks were delicate yet daring as she infused pretty motifs with strong silhouettes.
Using Parajanov's upbringing and controversial career as a starting point, each piece in the collection featured something from the artist's past, whether it was designs found in his art or people found in his stories – but with a modern-day twist. British milliner Stephen Jones also designed unique headpieces for the collection.
"Everyone knows that I have three Motherlands. I was born in Georgia, worked in Ukraine and I'm going to die in Armenia." Sergei Parajanov said in 1988, words that flowed gently through Sergeenko's lineup of regal shapes and opulent decorations.
