In the collective imagination, they are eternal lovers. From Apuleius to Antonio Canova, the liaison dangereuse between the divine Cupid and the mortal Psyche is the pinnacle of romanticism and of the duality between reason and feeling. For Lara Chamandi, an Abu Dhabi-based designer making her official debut with the Spring/Summer 2023 collection Metamorphosis, the myth becomes a pretext for experimentation. Each garment is a convergence of technical details and figurative elements that seeks to express mysticism within the space of a wardre symbol of this aesthetic is the butterfly, epitome of spirituality and lightness, whose shape is echoed in the silhouettes.
