Diāna Ķikāne's new DEZI collection offers femininity in a new proportion
Fashion designer Diāna Ķikāne highlights dresses, skirts and more defined silhouettes in the new DEZI collection. Her approach also draws on the aesthetics of the magazine Rīgas Modes.
In the new collection of the fashion label DEZI, designer Diāna Ķikāne presents femininity through dresses and skirts, more defined silhouettes, satin and flowing fabrics. The collection is framed as a fresh take on the proportions of femininity.
Precision and lightness
The collection pairs precise construction with lightness. The fabric responds to movement, follows the body and lets it be seen rather than hidden. In these garments Ķikāne imagines a woman who does not look for armor in clothing and has nothing to prove through her appearance. She is self-sufficient, elegant and confident, and clothing becomes her ally: it lets her feel free and brings out her natural charm. The designer puts it this way: "I want a woman to feel self-sufficient and elegant in her clothes, knowing that the outfit works in her favor."
The Riga fashion code
The new DEZI direction also contains a personal reference to the aesthetics that once shaped Ķikāne's own understanding of fashion. She first encountered the magazine Rīgas Modes (Riga Fashion) at the age of 18, and the values she discovered then remain relevant to her. The designer stresses that this is neither nostalgia nor a wish to repeat the past.
Ķikāne is drawn to this fashion culture's intellectual asceticism, its clean, graphic lines and its outstanding school of cutting, that is, the ability to create elegance without excessive decoration or loudness. Today she translates this aesthetic code into the contemporary language of DEZI.
