{"id":19869,"date":"2013-02-20T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T17:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modacycle.com\/?p=19869"},"modified":"2013-02-20T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T17:35:38","slug":"reem-acra-fierce-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/2013\/02\/20\/reem-acra-fierce-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Reem Acra – Fierce First"},"content":{"rendered":"

story by Lisa Radano
\nphotos by udor and Charles Beckwith<\/p>\n

I asked Reem Acra, known for her florally feminine bridal and evening wear, if I was correct in sensing a new forceful if not downright aggressive energy in her crimson splashed black collection for Fall 2013. \u201cWell yes!\u201d she answered readily, \u201cI am a strong woman, and I believe it\u2019s time again for women to be stronger! These are clothes that will protect, give armor to the wearer so they can be fierce!\u201d From bride to fierce – indeed any busy, multi-mani-pedi-tasking woman will tell you, it\u2019s all fun and games until someone gets married\u2026<\/p>\n

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For this ardent season, Ms. Acra cited as her inspiration, the photography of Daido Moriyama, known for his gritty black and white \u201chow the other half lives in Japan\u201d shots. His nude in fishnet abstracts found their way directly into Acra\u2019s designs for both day and night. Daywear started and stayed dark with black pants and shifts in wool, suede and leather, detailed with twists, gathers and all manner of clever deconstruction. A gold on black optical print and a silk charmeuse fishnet print turned up briefly on dresses and blouses, but mostly the designer kept things black. Even a red cheongsam was only half that, black leather finishing up the back. To keep warm there were black and red goat hair capes and ponchos and a nifty diamond tweed kimono coat with leather strap detail, over a Prince of Wales wool skirt.<\/p>\n

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Evening was mostly long and lean, and nearly as monochromatic, shined up with jet bugle beads, pewter beads and the designer\u2019s beloved embroidery flowers in red and black. In keeping with her inspiration, there were several cocktail and evening columns with strategic and daring cutouts pave d in black fish netting. Same netting was also used as an overlay, casting a depth and texture over full skirts. The last two passages brought all her influences together \u2013 illusion fishnet bodices with embroidery flowers growing up the sides in tendrils and exploding into asymmetric, side swiped, crazy full ball gown skirting covered in net overlay. One in red and of course the other in black.<\/p>\n

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Robert Herrick, the 17th Century English poet wrote:<\/p>\n

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
\nOld Time is still a-flying;
\nAnd this same flower that smiles today,
\nTomorrow will be dying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So you see ladies, even flowers have a vital and fierce message to impart – put yourself out there, exposed but girded, and live!<\/p>\n

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