Backstage at
the Antonio Marras 2012 Spring Summer collection. Backstage after the Antonio Marras show, the
designer is photographed with some of his models as Edith
Piaf song Non, Je Ne
Regrette Rien fades into the background.
Backstage: Antonio
Marras – the storyboard. The storyboard
shows Marras’s inspiration for the Spring Summer collection. The inspiration is
taken from the film The Maids adapted from Jean Genet's
play. Two maids Solange and Claire played by Glenda Jackson and Susannah York
in the movie; they love and hate their mistress and, while she is out, take
turns at dressing up as Madame and transforming her clothes.
Backstage: Antonio Marras. The
humble garment is embellished, embroidered, and enhanced. Unusual shapes and decorations transform it
into something else: a dress, skirt, jacket or trousers. ‘The Maids’ sneak up to their mistress’s
wardrobe, rummaging through it with curiosity and awe, they blend restyle, cut,
sew, embroider and apply details of elegant party dresses on their simple
frocks.
Backstage: Antonio Marras. On one hand, the elegance and figure of the
femme fatale Madame, the seductive idol with dazzling beauty and the allure,
adored and destroyed, are exasperated and emphasized. Fine fabrics, brilliant
colors ranging from emerald green to magenta, white, ecru and black, and
exquisite details evoke and emphasize a world that is often denied but lives on
in one’s imagination.
Backstage: Antonio
Marras. Hair stylist and global creative director for Wella Professional,
Eugene Souleiman is creating a plait, which wraps around the side of the
head, a modern version of the double plaits around the head.
Backstage: Antonio Marras. On the other hand, a rejected frock that wants
to escape its destiny is bedazzled, dressed in colors and covered with
contrasts of light, sophisticated asymmetric details, unusual combinations of
fabrics, original appliques, intarsia and ornaments to claim its right to exist
and to live and dream.
Backstage: Antonio Marras. Make-up
artist, Lisa Butler created the make-up and used M.A.C. products.
Backstage: Antonio Marras – Make-up. The make-up is “Quiet Germanic and
strong with lots of mascara, green pencil, foundation powder and a coral
lipstick.” Lisa Butler explains.
Backstage: Antonio Marras. A close-up of the hair and make-up.