The inspiration muse, in the city of Porto, has a collection of apparel and accessories inspired by the gothic, rococo, baroque, burlesque and rockabilly style created by designer Kristine. The store is now ten years and in 2012 she designed for the first time all the clothes for the new collection. Come and become more imaginative.
Your clothing has a strong inspiration on the Victorian era, what attracts you in that period in terms of clothing?
Kristine Costa: Is the Victorian era and beyond, I also appreciate the baroque and rococo. What these have in common in the female garments, are the corsets that give emphasis to the hips, is very delicate clothing. I love the forms and ornamentation of these pieces.
It is noted a large number of details in the clothes. The corsets have ties, ribs and notes on velvet. You saw all of them?
KC: Yes, it's all done for me. I took the course of designer and modeler in CITEX. I draw the collection, elaborate the moldings, cut the fabric and sew everything from beginning to the end.
Do you have trouble finding the tissues?
KC: Not now, because in Portugal today there is plenty to choose from. I have a supplier in Vila do Conde that gets me the more specific fabrics, brocades and lace, for example. Two years ago I had great difficulties in this field.
Who is the client that goes to your store? Who are these women looking for your pieces?
KC: Oddly enough I don't have an audience just gothic. Come to the store all sort of women who also enjoy my pieces, because they are different, with a more exuberant design, with more detailed and accessible prices, because designers charge fortunes for this type of clothing. This new collection is from black, tighter gothic to the color pink, the blues and beiges that are more connected with the rococo line and many are accessible to any woman. The corset covers a huge range of women. These pieces range from the Gothic, the burlesque, the pin up in all kinds of colors and allow me access to a very large female audience, from girls as young as fifteen, adolescents, they begin to dress and go to women over thirties, I'm forty and so they are the vast majority of my clients.
Tell me a little of your new collection inspired by the rococo.
KC: Yes, I love this historical period. Marie Antoinette, the Marquise de Pompadour. I love the delicacy of the pieces, the ruffles, laces, brocades and the importance of the hips in this era. I have a large part of the collection based on crinolines that are made by hand by me.
Why you chose this theme for the garments? It is for the autumn-winter season?
KC: I do not have stations set out in for the collections, perhaps you may notice it in the type of tissue in the winter, them I use more velvets, heavier brocades that protect you more. The lines do not differ from each other. I chose this theme because I love the colors, I'm Gothic as a way of life, but we can use other colors, black is not necessarily more sinister, though I love that color. Abroad, the Gothic girls use all sorts of mixed tons like black and white, pink, blue and red.
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Fala-me um pouco da tua nova colecção inspirada no rococó.
KC: Sim, eu adoro essa época histórica. A Maria Antonieta, a marquesa de Pompadour. Adoro a delicadeza das peças, os folhos, os laços, os brocados e a importância que tem as ancas nesta era. Tenho uma grande parte da colecção assente nas crinolinas, são feitas por mim à mão.
Porquê escolheste esse tema para as peças de vestuário? É para a estação outono-inverno?
KC: Não tenho estações a definidas nas peças, porventura se poderá notar no tipo de tecidos, no inverno usam-se mais os veludos, os brocados mais pesados e que agasalham mais. As linhas não diferem umas das outras. Escolhi este tema, porque gosto muito das cores, sou gótica na minha forma de estar na vida, mas nós podemos usar outros tons, não é forçosamente o preto mais sinistro, embora goste dessa cor. No estrangeiro, as góticas usam todo o tipo de cores e misturam branco e preto, rosa, azul e vermelho.
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