RAMI KADI Couture Fall-Winter 16-17 "L'Ombre des Femmes"

In the shadow of women: By standing in their shadow, Rami Kadi has redefined women according to their own desires. This collection first and foremost reveres Womanhood. It is a hymn to the 21st century Amazon, a warrior ready to defy dark challenges that come across her way. It is her who gives life as she sprinkles blossoming flowers from within her hand-embroidered dresses. “O fleeting beauty” whose absence would drown our world into abysmal everlasting nights? She is spreading her black-feathered wings towards freedom, impertinently resisting to obscurantism. The designer is exalting the idea of a woman. She, who has inspired war and peace. She, who has never allowed herself to surrender. She, who celebrates creation through pearls, sequins, suede and raffia. She, who shields herself in laser-cut leather to resist those who try and subject her. This same Woman would rip herself apart like fragile lace for those who matter for her. Rami Kadi stages a modern Woman who still fades in centuries of tragedies to only come out stronger and prouder. But who knows what is really going through her mind?