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FASHION
DESIGN

Spiritual Shift

New Zealand

piritual Shift is an exploration
of the designer’s curiosity in
Sunderstanding the path toward
spiritual enlightenment through this
collection. Each dress seeks to illustrate
the freedom of the spirit in its serenity,
contentment, and liberation from the
excessive structure of the material world.
Spiritual Shift uses the natural and
spiritual worlds as the inspiration for
designs that encapsulate light, movement,
grace, and freedom of spirit. The free-
spirit style silhouettes are predominantly
influenced by a pair of swans.
The use of draping and layers reflect
the designer’s love of nature in organically
flowing lines and soft colours. Ivory silk
organza has been dyed by hand with pure
turmeric, combined with lighter tones to
give a sense of blurriness and hypnotic
illusion.

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