DI PETSA AW23 Breaking / Healing Runway

Preview the latest AW23 Breaking // Healing DI PETSA collection, presented with our debut runway show for London Fashion Week February 2023. For the AW23 season, DI PETSA continues an exploration into the Greek Myth of Persephone, one of the most ancient coming-of-age stories. The transition from maiden to the goddess of the underworld. The title breaking and healing references the constant rebirth of the earth and the self. This is echoed in new styles of recycled leather corseted dresses that show a broken look like cracked earth. From Spring to Winter. The catwalk is a storytelling of that myth with video art featuring a sun slowly morphing into the moon. The clothes start from an eclectic collection of colours from deep reds, browns and Golds, representing her childhood close to her mother, Demeter. They then begin descending into black and silver as we see PERSEPHONE, the character descent into the underworld, and in that darkness, she is reborn. The show explores the mother archetype with a mix of real pregnant women and corseted constructions of pregnancy. Another key piece is the pregnancy puffer jacket representing the pregnancy of self. The pregnant belly is removed during the show to represent the models/performers' self-birth. Creative Director/Designer: Dimitra Petsa Stylist: Lisa Jarvis Make-up: Crystabel Riley using Weleda Nail Artist: Tyler Phoenix Hair Stylist: Efi Davies sponsored by Toni & Guy Runway Videographer and Editor: Petros Ioannidis Set Design