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Afshin Feiz talks about fashion creation, poetry & music
22 Mar '06
3 min read
While attending Reed College in Portland, OR, I made the decision to pursue fashion. I was always interested in sketching, but it definitely wasn't nurtured, though my mother is artistic and paints.
Does your love of French literature ever weave its way into your designs? I'm not the kind of person who's inspired by the ocean or a single photo. Rather, I like to build a story around something. I like there to be a reason. I'm not just inspired by the butterfly
but why there's a butterfly. When I first started, I was inspired by the Persian poet Rumi, so there were many references in my first collection to butterflies and candles.
Synonymous to a lover and the beloved, the butterfly is attracted to the light, but when it gets too close, it burns its wings.
In my first collection, you could see elements of that influence with an Englishman chasing a butterfly with a net as an analogy for chasing love, and, in the collection, I showed lots of trousers with feminine blouses as contrasting masculine and feminine elements.
That's how I earned the name “The Poet.” You've lived in Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Canada, England, the United States and now Paris, France.
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Paris-based fashion designer Afshin Feiz showed his label's first full-scale show in front of an extremely receptive group of the world's top fashion press. He showed his first collection more informally the season before paired with a beautiful catalogue shot by his friend, rockstar Bryan Adams.
Does your love of French literature ever weave its way into your designs? I'm not the kind of person who's inspired by the ocean or a single photo. Rather, I like to build a story around something. I like there to be a reason. I'm not just inspired by the butterfly
but why there's a butterfly. When I first started, I was inspired by the Persian poet Rumi, so there were many references in my first collection to butterflies and candles.
Synonymous to a lover and the beloved, the butterfly is attracted to the light, but when it gets too close, it burns its wings.
In my first collection, you could see elements of that influence with an Englishman chasing a butterfly with a net as an analogy for chasing love, and, in the collection, I showed lots of trousers with feminine blouses as contrasting masculine and feminine elements.
That's how I earned the name “The Poet.” You've lived in Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Canada, England, the United States and now Paris, France.
Click here to read further discussion:
Paris-based fashion designer Afshin Feiz showed his label's first full-scale show in front of an extremely receptive group of the world's top fashion press. He showed his first collection more informally the season before paired with a beautiful catalogue shot by his friend, rockstar Bryan Adams.
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