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Carin Wester, lookbook for the SS08 ‘The Purple of Mogador’ collection is a collection of understated beauty. Mogador is both the Morrocan city and a reference to the black alchemist Amogador who set out to create the colour that is purple. The city acts as a melting point for both North African and Western influences and very subtly, that same fusion is seen in Wester’s collection. Linens and silks that are essential in extreme heat are used in familiar cardigans and hoodies. The loose fit is key and prints are used sparingly and effectively, especially in the case of the floral dress which has a beautiful (but grudgingly ‘sexy’) back.
The menswear blurs a bit with the womenswear and the two mesh well together…
Rebecca does not like biographies. They are stupid and she would rather spend her time editing the site. Which she does with great vigor.
