SONIA MELKISETIAN

Is She There? 

Driven by the exhilaration of discovering the essence of the "she" in each piece, this collection, titled ‘Is She There?’, draws inspiration from the Spanish movie "Broken Embraces" by Almodóvar. The film vividly illustrates the reality of the adage "love is blind." Centered around two lovers, a director and an actress, who attempt to escape their troubles but find themselves in a car crash, the narrative unfolds with the director losing his two most cherished possessions: his love and his sight. The pivotal question posed after losing his sight was, "Is she there?" The collection, designed predominantly in poplin, satin, and chiffon, offers a muted color palette of black, white, beige, and brown, and is animated with techniques such as beading, patchwork, draping and dyeing.