For her fashion, designer Anelia Peshev dives into the most exquisite and influential period of Austria's cultural past. She resurrects a time when Vienna steers the world in a new, modernist direction, creating objects of outstanding individuality and timeless elegance. Whether it's Koloman Moser's graphic harmonies, or the geometric simplicity of Hoffman's architectural pieces, the progressive and visionary aesthetics of the Wiener Werkstatte will set the new tone and standard.
Anelia Peshev's creations, carry the core DNA of the Secession atmosphere, with its new concept of femininity, depicted in Klimt's scandalously erotic exuberance and Freud's visions of the forbidden depths of the mind.
The silhouettes follow the aura of the period and the idea of the woman as flower-the hip-hugging dresses, fanning out towards the ground with ripples and curls; lavish, free- flowing robes and kaftans, the artists adorned their wives and muses with; some bell-shaped skirts, reminiscent of the later Kriegskrinolines of the First World War, and also few short and flirty, yet uncompromisingly straight and geometrical silhouettes, anticipating the naughtiness of the later jazzy period.
The colors range from the airy pale off-whites and dusty nudes, trimmed with black borders, reminiscent of the cast iron or bentwood of the movement, to the profusion of dreamy flower patterns and rusty shades. There are also some Klimt-inspired dramatic and opulent prints; powerful yellows, melting into captivating gold.
The materials are supreme as always- printed silk, painted veils, airy chiffons and dreamy lace.
The designer puts great value on the exclusive and exquisite craftsmanship, created for the chosen few, who worship tradition, while anticipating the future.