Paule Ka: If Only…
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My brother and I like to play this game. As I flip through Vogue or any other fashion magazine, for that matter, I ‘ll point to a model and he has to tell me if he thinks she’s hot or not. It’s partially my way of remembering different models names and partially a way to make myself feel better— it always feels good to know that not every guy fawns over all models. While playing this little game las weekend, he, my sister, and I started talking about models that are “girlfriend pretty” and “model pretty”. More importantly how not only is the fashion industry full of girls that aren’t stereotypically beautiful, but are full of clothes that aren’t stereotypically pretty or even functional. That brings me to my point, Paule Ka.
Paule Ka was created in 1987 by Brazilian designer (by way of France), Serge Cajfinger. Though Cajfinger sites Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, and Grace Kelly as inspiration, something extremely obvious in his chic sharp-lined pieces like the skinny black pedal pushers pictured above, I find my favorites from his Spring/Summer 2008 collection to be the pieces that are much more avant garde than the clothes those icons would wear. In fact, my favorite piece of of the entire collection is the taffeta and organza petal bustier dress.
In all honesty, I highly doubt I’d ever be seen in a dress like the petal bustier dress or even the black mesh bustier dress. This isn’t because I don’t find them to be alluring pieces of art, but because as much as I’m drawn to avant garde clothes they aren’t functional for my college girl lifestyle.
Paule Ka is no Gareth Pugh or John Galliano who create astonishing pieces of art that just happen to be clothing as well, but there is a bit of whimsy that seems to draw me in, especially i the brown dress which looks eerily similar to the now infamous Christian Siriano dress from Project Runway. Perhaps if I had a dazzling party to attend, I’d actually spend some money on more edgy pieces , but since that isn’t the case, I’ll settle with manifesting my lust for the eccentric and artistic into blog posts for you!
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