Art and life often serve as a prima materia for one another, feeding and inspiring each other in an infinite loop. Erdem Moralıoğlu’s first collaborative collection embraces this interplay, combining the distinctive silhouettes of his self-named label with the expressive brush strokes of Scottish artist Kaye Donachie.
Erdem’s connection to Kaye began with their shared education at London’s Royal College of Art. Their creative partnership was born after he commissioned a portrait from the painter. Through broad washes of oil paint, Erdem saw the soul of his mother captured on canvas—an effect Kaye describes as recording “footnotes in time.”
The striking, melancholic beauty of Kaye’s practice is splashed across Erdem’s designs this season. Quiet romance is woven into the impressionistic florals through dreamy satin prints, cloqué jacquards and tops with intricate crystal embellishments.
This collection embodies the aspirant and romantic qualities of fine art. By blurring the boundary between subject and muse, memory and material, Erdem pursues the height of creativity: where art becomes life, and life, once again, becomes art.
