Her World Singapore – September 2019

Baroque

Goes Wild

PrettyBallerinasbringsbackopulence

andglamourwitha mishmashofmuses.

Spanish

labelPretty

Ballerinas

goeswild

thisFallby

layering

goldlion

broochesand

embroidered

tigersover

coloured

zebrastripes.

Weloveitwhenfashiongoes

wild.PrettyBallerinas’F/W’19

collectionisatheatricalfeatwith

anamalgamationofdetailssuch

asPrinceofWaleschecks,zebra

prints,embroideredtigersand

ArtDecocrystals...andthelist

goeson.Thisstrangelymagnetic

andbewilderingmixcanperhaps

besummedupasthebrand’sode

tohistoricalroyalfigureswith

apenchantformenageriesand

lavishparties.ThinkofFrench

royaltyandtheexcessesofLouis

XIVorMarieAntoinettemay

cometomind.Whatwithhis

describinghimselfastheSun

King,andhowsheisrumouredto

haveaskedherstarvingsubjects

to“eatcake”,wecan’thelpbut

wonder:Wouldmodernprincesses

wearPrettyBallerinasflats?The

ballisinyourcourt,Meghan

Markle.–VW

TOKNOW

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