“I created my label with the desire to re-glamorize the world, breathing new life into vintage design.” Lia Parravicini 2010
Lia is one third of Perth’s premier Burlesque troupe, Sugar Blue. Not only is she a well established performer she also creates beautiful, vintage inspired clothing for her fashion label “Fallen Feathers” which she started in 2007 whilst completing her diploma in Fashion Design and Technology at Swan Tafe Bentley.
The name Fallen Feathers comes from the inspiration for her second year collection at Tafe. She drew inspiration from the Bordello houses of the Moulin Rouge. The fallen being the dark side of the houses, and the feathers coming from her love of the colour palette of the male peacock. Lia used ostrich and peacock feathers to embellish accessories within the range.
Lia’s love of fashion grew at the age of 15 when she started tinkering on her nannas sewing machine, designing and constructing clothes for herself. From there she experimented with patternmaking and learnt from trial and error.
After high school Lia worked for a vintage clothing and costume company here in Perth for five years where she became inspired by the beauty of vintage clothing and design. Especially passionate about the extravagant designs of the 1800’s and 1900’s, it seemed natural she would use these periods to influence her own designs.
Listing Betty Page, Marlene Dietrich, Dita Von Teese and Gwen Stefani as her style icons, Lia says her main inspiration comes from music. She said losing herself in a piece of music and letting the design ideas form is one of her best starting points for a collection.
Lia has a love for all things Vintage, and draws inspiration from circus, burlesque and the twisted concepts of Alice in Wonderland which she based her diploma collection around. She describes her design aesthetic as being strange, beautiful vintage inspirations, designed for a world of modern madness!
Lia is currently designing for several companies, a range of ready to wear pin-up clothing and is working on three different made to measure burlesque costumes for Sugar Blue. She uses lots of Chinchilla and ostrich feathers for her couture costume range and would like to use more silks but for the moment is using silk satins for the pinup ready to wear range.
Fallen Feathers is promoted through various websites including Lia’s own, the sugar blue burlesque website, photography websites, and online shopping stores. Lia has business cards in various shops in which shop assistants wear her label, and she has had her collections modelled in various parades, film clips and a range of garments are currently being used to promote a new venue in Seminyak Bali.
The Fallen feathers range can be found online at fallenfeathers.com.au and esty.com.au
In store at :Redstripe clothing Northbridge and at “Ruperts of Subiaco.
Prices range from 15.00-$100.00 for accessories, $45.00-$400.00 for ready to wear. Lia also does made to measure couture. Prices depend on the complexity of the design.
Strange, beautiful vintage inspirations, designed for a world of modern madness!
Images from David Wooley photography @ sugarblueburlesque.com and vintageglamourphotography.com
such beautiful, sculptural designs...
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