Zaneb K’s graduate fashion collection, 2009, titled “Re-new-ability” contains garments that are flexible, adaptable, reversible and transformable through changes in colour, pattern and shape. The collection has a multi-dimensional personality just like an individual has throughout their day. With a long life-span the collection can be transformed from casual daywear to elegant evening wear through the magic of magnets. The three aesthetics that inspired the design are floral, geometric and neutral patterns. This luxury, stylish, exquisite, exclusive, glamorous sustainable fashion will revolutionise the fashion industry. The photographer Gavin Watson who photographed her collection said: ‘It is a work of genius, there is something really special here; this collection is magical’.
The collection is made from luxury lightweight materials, that is, 100% silks such as silk satin, silk chiffon, silk crepe, silk dupion and silk habotai. The magic of the garments is in the use of miniscule magnets that work with the pleating design and printed pattern to allow length, style and shape to be altered by each wearer to create a personal look.
"One dress could be adapted to every occasion in the day"
The underlying philosophy of the garments is to cut down on disposable fashion and replace it with luxury, quality, glamorous, long-lasting fashion. This is not a one-use only garment. It will last a long time because of quality and changeability.
One dress could be adapted to every occasion in the day. Why buy three dresses when you have one dress with endless options and you have something different each time you wear it? If you need a ball gown, you just adapt the shape of the dress, then you want to go to dinner, so just open your clutch bag and grab the magical magnets and style the dress yourself into a short party dress, ready to dance the night away.
You can invest in a garment that you become attached to, you embody it, you will never want to part from it and the classic style will never become outdated. Your luxury garment will become a store of memories and a way of saving the planet. Get up there in front of the mirror and enjoy yourself as you self-style it for your specific occasion. “A Zaneb K dress will never break your heart. “
