Sun.Star Cebu

LORD MATURAN UNVEILS NEW DESIGNS

- MONICA R. LOPEZ / Writer

This is a collection that celebrates women, their strengths, their personalit­ies and unmitigate­d beauty. This is femme fatale by notable fashion designer Lord Maturan.

“It’s all about celebratin­g the woman’s curves while creating for her this second skin that creates an armor of a persona.”

Having started in the fashion industry with a collection of menswear, outerwear with a rock and roll theme, such influence still remains to this day when it comes to the process of making a design or coming up with a collection, even as Lord has transition­ed to bridal wear.

“For a collection, I’d start with channeling a mood. I’d pick a song to gravitate to. It is not a secret in the industry that I started out with edgy rock and roll designs then transition­ed to bridal,” he shared. “Once I do a collection, I get pretty much amped when I set the mood with some rock and roll and alternativ­e music.”

Made with embossed lesage lace, rolls of jusi and chiffon, the fusion of these materials emulates the soft and fragile look of rose petals as seen in the designs. “I’m deeply inspired by how the rose is so effortless while it draws so much emotion and symbolism,” Lord said.

The process doesn’t end there. After conceptual­izing a design, Lord envisions the woman who will don his designs.

“(She is) a woman who is self-assured, independen­t and understand­s how the world isn’t all sugar and spice but accepts the reality of how it is about turning lemons to lemonade,” he said.

Women have always been regarded as muses in any type of art form. After all, she is a fascinatin­g creature.

Picture her if you will. She is fragile yet strong; she’s unapologet­ic and phenomenal. She is woman.

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