QUINTESSENCE BECOMES THE INTENTION TO REVEAL A COMPLEX AND TIMELESS IMAGE OF FEMININITY, WHERE DISCREET REFINEMENT, SOBRIETY, AND EXPRESSIVENESS COEXIST IN HARMONY.  QUINTESSENCE IS THAT SOMETHING WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY EXPLAINED, BUT CAN BE FELT IN THE ATMOSPHERE, IN THE SILHOUETTE, AND MOST OF ALL IN THE DETAILS.  THIS COLLECTION BRINGS FORWARD THE IDEA OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH CLOTHING, THE VIBRATION THAT REMAINS AFTER THE OUTFIT DISAPPEARS. IT IS A COLLECTION THROUGH WHICH THE DESIGNER CLAIMS HER PERSONAL STYLE, HER COHERENT VISUAL VOICE, AND HER OWN NUANCED PERSPECTIVE ON FEMININITY WHERE SILENCE BECOMES A FORM OF SEDUCTION. THE CONCEPT OF QUINTESSENCE ORIGINATES FROM AN INNER TENSION, REFLECTED IN THE EYES OF THE VIEWER: DESIRE. IT IS THE FRAGILE MOMENT BETWEEN ATTRACTION AND DISTANCE, FASCINATION AND RESTRAINT, BETWEEN WHAT IS LONGED FOR WITH ALL ONE’S BEING AND WHAT CANNOT BE TOUCHED WITHOUT PERMISSION. THE COLLECTION PORTRAYS THE IMAGE OF AN INACCESSIBLE WOMAN, ONE WHO REVEALS HERSELF ONLY ON HER OWN TERMS AND REFUSES ANY FORM OF VISUAL SUBMISSION. IT IS AN EVOCATION OF WOMEN WHO NO LONGER NEED TO UNDRESS TO SEDUCE, BUT WHO ASSERT THEIR STILLNESS AS POWER. THE OTHER’S GAZE SEARCHES, YET THE GESTURE IS STOPPED BEFORE TOUCH; DISTANCE ITSELF CREATES DESIRE. THE AESTHETIC IS BUILT ON A PLAY OF TENSION AND CONTROL. QUINTESSENCE IS A COLLECTION THAT DEVELOPS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN CONTROL AND ABANDONMENT. THE PIECES ARE CONCEIVED TO EMBODY THE FEELINGS OF A CONTROLLED WOMAN, ONE WHO DOES NOT OFFER HERSELF, BUT WHO AFFIRMS HER POWER. THE NARRATIVE SPEAKS OF RESTRAINED STRENGTH, SUPPORTING A CONTROLLED ELEGANCE, ALMOST ARCHITECTURAL. SILHOUETTES MARK THE PROPORTIONS OF THE BODY IN A SCULPTURAL WAY, DEFINING FORMS THROUGH CALCULATED CUTS AND CONTOURING A FEMININITY THAT IS CONFIDENT, ASSERTIVE, AND UNCOMPROMISING.