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Desert belle Zuhair Murad Haute Couture F/W 2019-2020

Diala Aschkar, Art Director at Orient Palms, France For his Fall-Winter 2019 Haute Couture collection, Zuhair Murad was inspired by a recent trip to Morocco where a whirlwind of elements — traditional carpets motifs, djellabas in markets, turbans, women’s caftans — nurtured his imagination and creativity. The result is a lavish procession of silk, satin or taffeta garments, sumptuously beaded with motifs resembling traditional tribal tattoos, in warm desert tones of gold, brick, orange, amber, amaranth and green. Jewlery-like belts and headbands completed this North African theme.
Floor-sweeping skirts, capes and sleeves elongated the silhouettes and added glamour and theatricality as they trailed behind the models. Read more…