It will be difficult for any artist to visit Morocco, and Marrakech in particular, without a work inspired by it, inspired by the beauty of culture and the richness of history and the arts, those first moments of surprise mixed with curiosity and thirst for the amount of colors and smells, sensational noise, the charm of its warm evening markets, .

Just as Marrakesh was able to charm the late French designer Yves Saint Laurent as his inspiration, as was the fashion icon of the 1960s and 1970s, Talitha Getty. As with every designer or artist visiting this exciting spot of the world, The Lebanese designer Zuhair Mourad, who also signed up for the first time in his life, which was the reason for his latest collection of Haute Couture fashion for the fall of 2019 during the Paris Fashion Week last week, The elegance of the 1970s, and a lot of associated editions With tribal cultures, with much depth, luxury, and a clever blend of old and contemporary.

Marrakech 1970s

«Marrakech Yves Saint Laurent», between the mid-sixties to mid-seventies, with an exciting and upscale version, with a comfortable elegance and rich at the same time, the ones that Europeans prefer during their holidays, is almost the spirit that manifested itself with the start of the fashion show Murad, "Morocco is a paradise. It has fallen in love with it. It is a city of great international diversity. It has a lot of heritage and tradition, but at the same time it has a modern rhythm," he said.

The designs and craftsmanship of the pieces and ores and the strong colors are the most characteristic of the group, which required the designer to harness two full teams in Beirut and Paris to work on her hand embroidery, short and long dresses, Drop-downs, colored murals, and crazy overlapping of prints, ores and shapes, this collection can be considered one of Murad's most successful innovations.

Symbols and tattoos

Like the display of ancient carpets, the prints inspired by the carpets and tattoos of the desert tribes, and many of the traditional tile prints inspired by the Moroccan architecture, most characterized the latter, which enhanced the beauty and impact of the idea of ​​the group, which is fully adorned with hand crystal, The tulle, the taffeta, and the silky chiffon, are the materials that are considered one of the most light types of paper. This means that it is difficult to deal with and fill with stones, which increases the value of the pieces produced after hundreds of hours of manual effort.

From the first appearance on the platform, which can be considered the appearance of the whole collection, which is fully decorated with prints and symbols, hand-filled representative of the general idea, while adorned the other evening dresses appeared to be closer to the idea of ​​adjacent patches next to each other of classic tile prints, Most of which are tilted to terracotta, tiled, and desert colors, illuminated by the golden sun.

The group varied between the long and short evening dresses, between the narrow, bare-chested ribbons on the chest and the shoulders, with lavish skirts or long long trousers, with many scarves and crocheted slips that gave a rebellious and indifferent spirit to most of the group, A dynamic that the group needed in a striking balance between the stern-torso of the body, and the light-flying fringes with the moving of the mannequins.

The cuts varied from one look to the next, with a focus on the idea of ​​high-legged skirts and wide V-shaped chest openings, as well as dresses with the idea of ​​long drop-down gowns, pants and jackets, and long sleeves reaching down to the ground with matching kimono sleeves "While at the same time making a design based on the idea of ​​the wide" Sindbadi "Shorts under cloaks filled with silver and gold stones.

Golden rays

The designer also preferred to recreate the idea of ​​the jacquard, which was completely clipped in the style of the plesy, which was used on the entire dress. It did not go out of the light golden color. It looked closer to the morning sun of a harsh desert winter, and some dresses tended to adopt the idea of ​​color Beige close to the color of the skin completely, and fully occupied with the objects and silver stones snowy, giving a hint of winter evenings shining bright silver moonlight. The collection also collected a number of printed materials between those based on symbols and tribal forms, and those based on the idea of ​​plant forms and traditional inscriptions inspired by the Arabian carpet, in addition to presenting a very elegant version of the editions of the skin of the tiger is filled with stones and sequins.

Feathers

Lebanese fashion designer Zuhair Murad has decided to boost his latest collection of Haute Couture dresses in the autumn of 2019 during the Paris Fashion Week with the idea of ​​flying feathers, which adorns designs, whether lightly decorated with scarves, or thickly around the shoulders and chest. Long sleeves, bracelets, short dresses, blending and thick color diversity.

Murad: «Marrakech is a paradise, it has fallen in love with it, it is a city of great global diversity».