The Inspiration
The meticulous and wild Paco Rabanne, the precision and detail of Azzedine Alaia, the crazy passion of Thierry Mugler, the simple bold futuristic cuts of Pierre Cardin and the fun daring naughtiness of Mary Quant and of course a blend of them all with a dark sensual seriousness Alexander McQueen.
My personal favourites, the above mentioned worked on foundations of rejection and refusal as an exciting and liberating emotion. A passion which is truthful and original. Divinity in creation so to speak. Eccentric protective and provocative. Of course going along with the availability and requirements of the times they lived in.
Paco Rabanne, 1995; ‘my dresses made of metal clarify women’s vision.’
Alexander Lee McQueen said; ‘the world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today.
Wow ... where did you buy that dress?
The Inspiration
The meticulous and wild Paco Rabanne, the precision and detail of Azzedine Alaia, the crazy passion of Thierry Mugler, the simple bold futuristic cuts of Pierre Cardin and the fun daring naughtiness of Mary Quant and of course a blend of them all with a dark sensual seriousness Alexander McQueen.
My personal favourites, the above mentioned worked on foundations of rejection and refusal as an exciting and liberating emotion. A passion which is truthful and original. Divinity in creation so to speak. Eccentric protective and provocative. Of course going along with the availability and requirements of the times they lived in.
Paco Rabanne, 1995; ‘my dresses made of metal clarify women’s vision’
Alexander Lee McQueen said; ‘the world needs fantasy, not reality.'
The Feel
The women I design for are hard-edged, rebellious, against the law, rule or code of conduct sensually and socially! Their ‘armour’ idealising the body form without nudity.
Metal and plastic blur boundaries, heavy versus airy, lightness versus strength and weight against fluidity. Constant contrast and contradiction.
Shiny and see through! Enticing, teasing, sensual and playful.
They Sound lovely! Big attention attracter. A statement; which I feel every woman is.
The Dress moves! Creating fantasy and an illusion of fragility and strength.
The Future
This work is an effort to substitute sewing and textile and all the waste and distress it causes.
In the 60's clothes were made out of paper in the USA. In Japan most items even homes are made from paper. Paco Rabanne used adhesive tape to ‘sew’ his paper clothes.
Chainmallie, nails and studs have been used since time began! They are protective and durable. If we can move seriously towards preloved sustainable usage we can omit excess waste and damage, moving towards an individual eco-friendly lifestyle leading to a clean happy world.
Utilitarian metals, less stitching, less electricity, and of course the quality of life for labourers in third world countries, mainly child-labour and terrible working environment could be erased with a little happy change in one’s wardrobe! After all the fashion industry is the second largest industry in the world after oil; one realises by this the volume and extent of deterioration it causes.
I did recently ‘we are only borrowing the world from our children.’ So at Bobolicious we try to live the fantasy in a conscientious way. We use recycled materials for our designs. We hope to soon offer our customers a percentage back for returning the dresses to us. So we can waste less, recycle more and make new again!
