Kinetic Skirt in Plum
Also available to try in our Madrid boutique — Calle Libertad 6
The Kinetic Skirt by Daphne Valente is cut in a circular silhouette from finely and permanently pleated fabric with a fluid, silky feel. Its sculptural volume shifts with the body: position the cascading panels at the sides for a fuller silhouette, or rotate the skirt three-quarters for a closer, more asymmetric drape.
Presented in deep plum, this versatile midi skirt is defined by movement, changing subtly according to how it is positioned and worn.
Plum · Round, full silhouette · Midi length · Fine permanent pleats · Elasticated waistband · Rotatable construction · Cascading asymmetric panels · Made in Greece
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Daphne Valente is an Athens-based designer who has spent four decades perfecting the art of pleating. Trained at F.I.T. in New York and Central Saint Martins in London, her creative path was set the moment she encountered an exhibition on Mariano Fortuny, whose own pleated Delphos gowns became the starting point for a technique she would spend a lifetime making her own. Drawing on the sculptural forms of Ancient Greek dress, particularly the chiton, she begins each piece as a single rectangle of fabric, draped and sculpted directly on the dress form before it is permanently pleated, with no fasteners and no unnecessary seams. The result is a made-to-move, one-size silhouette designed to flatter any body, championed by a devoted following of Athenian society for decades.
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