Aurelio costarella - botanica

“you need to let things that world ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you” andy warhole

Aurelio costarella delves into a garden of earthly and desirable delights for spring summer 03/04. A tempting eden for another world.

A cross pollination of botanical images has inspired designer ray costarella to create a range that speaks of growth, beauty and the unexpected. It’s a warm environmental backlash to cold industrial ideals. Like bees to honey or seedlings to the sun this collection attracts and rewards.

A hyper palette of colours and a variety of textural planes permeate the range. Garment construction germinate from the botanical world. . . Leaf, pod, seed, petal, stem and corolla. Silhouettes inspired by the undergrowth. . . Tulip, arum lily and lotus

Core materials cultivated from natural elements . . . Raw tussah silk, wooden beading, cotton voile, leather. A tactile landscape leads you on a journey through the collection. Raw forms fuse with sleek satins, foiled leathers intertwine with beading. Delicate floral forms emerge amidst a raw thorny growth.

A rich foliage of patterns and colours . A palette of chamomile, pale gold, pistachio, lemongrass, saffron wine join a bouquet of ecru, stone, natural, sand and metallic tones.

Aurelio costarella spring summer 03/04 speaks of nature but screams of the future. Microscopic becomes macroscopic.