Natalia Alaverdian said there was no great rationale behind the Corgis that garnish this lookbook: “I just wanted to make the photographs a bit more fun, and I have a friend who is a Corgi trainer. They were very lovely—a blast of happiness therapy on set.”
As per, the ingredients that did comprise Alaverdian’s seasonal recipe were broadly sourced, in this case spanning European medieval dress, Dutch folk costume, and Japanese Butoh dance costume. There was also a sprinkling of the ’70s in the tall pointed collar shape on some pieces. Square-toed shoes in lurid colors and one-leg-white, the-other-leg-black leggings played against her signature bold draping in exaggerated asymmetrical tops. The structure of a split-section gingham skirt, deconstructable via button, was echoed in a multi-vented coat. Square quilted bags in different shades of pleather and elongated shapes had, especially in black, a vaguely mace-like menace.
Alaverdian staples such as her pant-skirt (which she disturbingly termed a “pirt”) made a return, as did her talent for languorously attractive draping. Standouts included a split-skirt dress in yellow crepe with soft dunes of gather in the body and a shirt-fronted black satin top that could be worn with total propriety or the implication of a loss of it via straps at the back.
