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Juozas Statkevicius's Ladies of The Night
By: Timothy Hagy
Photos by Javier Mateo
Paris, Jul 9, 2002/ FW/ --- Juozas Statkevicius is admittedly a name few might recognize
outside of his native Lithuania.
His entrance into the world of Parisian Haute Couture came, rather auspiciously, in the
Concorde Room of the Hotel Intercontinental, where the breeze of air conditioning, and the
sight of bottles of Moët Chandon Brut Impérial sitting on ice beckoned.
Juozas is a young, talented designer, who has already captured the attention of some
celebrated names, among them, the house of LVMH, Monsieur Jean-Jacques Picart, and if
the front row seating assignment proved accurate, several descendants of the House of Romanoff.
His modest, though impressive show was organized around images of dangerous ladies,
beautiful, young and audacious.
It was a tribute to those female villains, who are guilty of crime and living in their own
shadows.
To make the point, the models were made up to look as if blood dripped from their mouths,
eyes and ears, and at times appeared as if they had gotten to close to an Eastern European
vampire.
The collection, itself, included such pieces as a bloody countess ball gown in black organdie
embroidered with white funeral flowers, a poisoned divorce dress in silk dark blue chameleon
taffetas worn with cigarette pants, and even a wedding dress of snow white silk crepe smeared
with blood spots.
There was certainly no lack of imagination employed in the creative process, and the result
was a strong collection aimed, according to program notes, at the turn of the millennium
woman of high taste, yet odd manners.
Hopefully, there will be enough women fitting that profile to keep this talented designer
busy for some time to come.
Juozas Statkevicius
Juozas Statkevicius
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