Spring 2023 Haute Couture: Ashi Studio’s Moonlight and Dust

Paris Couture Week

5 Feb

Ashi’s Spring-Summer 2023 couture collection began with a fantastic vision by the couturier - a dreamt epic tale of love beyond the horizon, two lovers lost between remote worlds. As the fantasy goes, Penelope is trapped on a desolate earth ravaged by dust ,while her lover Orion is on the moon, a pristine sanctuary she longs to reach. Our heroine gathers dust and ashes that make up the scorched terrain around her to erect a mountain tall enough to reach her love among the stars.

The collection offers a twist on devastated glamour with a mix of shredded organza, wisps of frayed mohair, volcanic crystal appliqués and crushed stones with dangling pearls. The figure-hugging creations outline act as body-armour for the heroine’s quest, while over-blown shapes mimic natural rock formations.

The collection of dresses and ensembles represents a return to roots for the brand, an opportunity to delve deep into its maximal impulses while maintaining the pure lines of its amplified silhouettes.