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PERCHE’ NO Jewels

 “If you can dream it you can do it.” W. Disney

 

Beginning.

 

Silvia Tagliasacchi: I am the third child of a Bolognese family. Like all the youngest of a family, I perhaps had the role too of breaking family patterns. Or at least to strongly question them! This has made my first 30 years of life tiring and beautiful together.

The idea of ​​creating jewelry dates back to 15 years ago. But I never would have imagined to take it seriously and work on it to create jewelry lines, with an accurate style and a studied concept.

I had a wonderful trip to Thailand and by chance… Can you believe it… I found a flyer advertising about a goldsmith course for tourists. It all took place at a teacher’s home, every afternoon for a week.

It was a beautiful experience.

I immediately fell in love with all those unusual work tools and the art of governing fire so precisely that I could melt and weld metals. In short, it was so engaging that the return backpack contained at least 10 kg of equipment, including a goldsmith’s column drill!

Years later I created my brand with a very unusual name. A name that comes exactly from the question “Why not? (PERCHE’ NO)” I question myself at a time in life that required a job and existential change. I thought that the question represented exactly what I wanted to become: “PERCHE’ NO (Why not)… Can’t it be done? Why can’t I call into question the choices of my first 40 years of life? Why can’t I bet on myself? Why can’t I think of working while having fun or… In a almost subversive way… Having fun working? Feeling that I didn’t have a real answer to this question, that there was no reason why I couldn’t really change my life, this opened up truly unexpected horizons.

 

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What’s so special in your work?

 

I make modular and reversible jewels.

I play with shapes and colors in order to have a single piece that can be transformed, to give more wearability. I make them by hand using metals and goldsmith’s techniques, along with oriental papers -worked and aged- to make them part of the metal. But I don’t think that the peculiarity of my works lies in the technique. Rather, it is the message they carry: you can change. I am convinced that our form (of human beings) has infinite mutation possibilities. We are born with the gift of transformation and we can reach this freedom. Even that of becoming asymmetric. Beauty is in the creativity of opening ourselves to transformation. Seeing that things can take other shapes or colors. And maybe at first glance you hadn’t even noticed. Here it is. To adorn yourself with something that reminds us of this amazing ability… All-female… It seemed beautiful to me.

Where does your passion come from?

 

I have always loved working with my hands, to create using my imagination. Houses, shelters, tools… anything. Then I fell in love with some materials and explored them with the adolescence inexperience and the tenacity of the self- taught. By force or luck I have always been an experimenter. My training and my studies, for the most disparate reasons, have always been the most distant from the artistic/artisan field. By force of things, I am mainly self-taught and thanks to continuous experimentation I could always learn more: hours and hours of creative errors and instructive frustrations.

I think working with my hands is a need, as well as a passion.

It relaxes me, opens my mind to a constant changing perspectives job. Sometimes tiring, sometimes enthusiastically.

Difficulties.

 

The biggest difficulty was certainly changing my career path and starting to do what I wanted: using my imagination and my hands. It was a choice I made when I already had a family and children and when common sense said that I had to move towards to a safe job and salary. This decision required a great deal of courage and confidence in my abilities and in life. After taking this leap into the dark, everything developed with great fluidity. Which does not mean without problems and difficulties, but always accompanied by solutions and possibilities.

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Your goals.

 

For the moment, the biggest goal is to live off my work. It is about waking up every morning without the effort of having to go to work. It is the feeling to be a free and lucky woman.

 

Suggestions to someone who wants to start a business!

 

Well… Go headlong, choose good masters and allies, and never stop being curious.

Future.

 

Traveling, traveling traveling. A training trip to learn craft and artistic techniques, scattered around the globe. An unhurried journey, to fill my eyes with beauty… Then I find myself fantasizing about international fairs and building an online sales network.

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THE HOUSE OF VARGAS – Part 2

Chanoa Tarle, a repeat Deshabille contributor, was lucky enough to discover the artwork of George Vargas. Once he began to produce fashion featuring his designs, she jumped at the chance to interview him. Of course we said yes…

 

Following his first ayahuasca experience, many of his works went on to feature even more esoteric themes linked to spirituality, meditation and creative, cosmic expansion. Post-ayahuasca, Vargas knew exactly what he wanted to express. He describes his work as a “complete engagement with beauty”. He follows his yen for beauty and the more he focuses on this beauty, the more it grows and the more it appears throughout his existence. A fitting destiny for the Australian artist with parents hailing from Peru!

 

It’s a fun journey, linked a lot to my meditation and spirituality. It’s good to unplug from the art and the world. The idea of feeling you’ve got everything and don’t need anything. That’s what I want to express in the next series of artwork. I went through an exploration of desire and the mystery of women and every girl is completely different- and obviously every human being. It’s a fascinating journey. I see a lot of femininity in nature. Masculinity is interesting too because I’m reacting to that…” – George Vargas

 

 

Fast forward to 2018 and his distinctive designs are the focal point of a new luxury fashion brand, The House of Vargas. High quality tees feature his artwork in an array of colors. Incredible scarves and sarongs in silk and chiffon highlight the beauty of the women who wear them – never overpowering them – while serving as wearable art. There is something about the way he produces the art and produces the collections. There’s an energy to every piece that is nearly palpable. George attributes it to beauty, a common theme in  his works: “I suppose it’s this overpowering beauty I’m feeling for the subject and it’s captured in the vibration and the line and the colors. It’s a bit overpowering like a drug. Intoxicating.”

 

“Luxury is all about self-expression to me because you’ve got clothing that all looks the same out there. Luxury to me is having something unique to wear. The scarves will always be limited edition. [I’m offering] jackets of only five pieces in the world.” Since there will never be another you, he loves the idea of offering something truly unique.

Since there will never be another you, he loves the idea of offering something truly unique. Art-adorned leather motorcycle jackets are coming soon, the product of a new partnership with a leather specialist- as well as leather bomber jackets for men and women. The first, set to debut this month, is the Aki Jacket.

 

 

His fashion brand has so far developed in a very organic way. And we can expect to see a lot more from The House of Vargas in the future. The custom stories he crafts for each design will evolve into future fashion films. More product categories will be introduced. We’ll see artful exhibitions. He’s even ready to transform the likes of nightclubs, restaurants and yoga centers; his designs are available for custom commercial interior design.

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Editor’s Note: When the author interviewed the artist for Deshabille Magazine, the video call wouldn’t register her face. After their conversation, Vargas looked her up on Instagram and saw her as a striking character for his pieces. She is now one of his muses, featured regularly in his works.

 

Chanoa Tarle About Chanoa Tarle 

Chanoa Tarle is a freelance copywriter, journalist and editor specializing in fashion and luxury goods/lifestyle.

Her work has appeared in magazines including ELEVATE and Luxury Hoteliers and she’s written for an inspiring list of companies including Scaling Retail and Neiman Marcus.

www.ChanoaTarle.com

Get in touch – Email chanoa@chanoatarle.com

 

 

VICTORIA SMALL, MISS BARBADOS UK

A Pageant Story: a Woman’s Sparkle is Enhanced by Lights, Cameras and Love

Growing up, many girls dream of winning a crown because we understand that pageants are not just about inherent beauty, but also confidence, intelligence, and celebrating a woman’s power. We met with Miss Barbados UK 2015, the stunning Victoria J.P. Small to learn more about her journey into the pageant world, along with self- discovery and confidence.

Victoria Small met Azuka Wayfora for an interview, to talk about her dream of walking up the ramp and cameras flashing. As we discovered, however, it wasn’t a dream she had grown up with and held on to, but a dream that reached out to her — over twitter.

vict5When the pageant’s representatives reached out to Victoria, she wasn’t initially on board. Having gone through sexual abuse, she recalls herself as being intimidated and shy in front of cameras and eyes pointed at her. “My mum asked me to pray over it” Victoria shared her decision making process. “I had a dream of looking at a girl walk the ramp, confidently towards the stage, and within the dream I realised, I was looking at myself in a beautiful yellow dress.”

It’s easy to see what she saw, looking at her nail this photoshoot with our photographer, Alina Agarkova. As I sat down to pen this article about Victoria’s (so tempted to say victorious, but I’ll resist) journey, I realised how easy must have been for someone to see her profile and think ‘that is a pageant queen’. Looking at her look towards the camera with extreme confidence and yet exude warmth, it is hard to believe that she did not consciously bring herself where she is today. In fact, a former coworker had begun calling her “Miss Barbados” before all of this realised.

Our make-up artist Pamela Hernandez got the beauty ready for the shoot. Victoria’s ability to carry off the bold-yet-wearable golden smokey eye to match her dress, designed by the talented, DIANA PIATEK (look her up! she’s amazing) and regal attitude goes to show exactly why she is where she is today.

As she smiles for the camera, her beautiful skin lights up, as do our hearts.vict7

Victoria’s kindness is felt by those working on this shoot as well as the camera. So it is no surprise when she tells us that she was inspired by the motivation to set up a good example for the younger girls at her church. “I wanted to regain my confidence and prove myself again”, she references her tough experiences.

Born to immigrant parents in England, Victoria exemplifies beauty, grace and compassion along with unity. After winning the Miss Barbados UK, she is all set to partake in the upcoming Miss England pageant this April — she told us exclusively, the winner of which competes in Miss World. Her resilience and strength, accompanied by her beauty shines through. It shows us the power of believing in women, and the power of a women’s beauty pageant that gave one her confidence back.

 

 

Victoria also runs a youtube channel to inspire other women to feel powerful and feel like “the queens they are”. Follow her for more and here is to wishing Victoria all the luck for her future endeavours!  VICTORIA’S CHANNEL

Follow… The Victorious Life

Inspiration, Beauty, Fashion.

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Written by: Puneet Dhaliwal

 

 

AURIHELEN PAIVA: YOUR MAKE UP ARTIST

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Hello! I am Aurihelen Paiva, Brazilian by birth but Italian by adoption!

My passion and job?

In 2007 I started my adventure as a fashion and beauty blogger, in addition, I manage a make-up school for beginners and professionals called Make-up Recruiting.

What professional collaborations made me gain the experience that I have today in Make-up ?

I had the pleasure to work with Gucci on the launch of the beauty line of the brand. I was in charge of the styling of the fashion show of Parakian Paris brand, Jo Santos, Cartier, La3 TV channel, Cielo Tv Channel, Sky, Rai 2, Miss Italia Emilia Romagna.

My specialization?

I am specialized in baby make-up, cutaneous dyschromia, bridal make-up and photoshooting make-up, I have several certificates from Brazil and online obtained with the most known London and Australian Make-Up artists.

                Visit me: Viale Don G. Minzoni, 142/ 41125 – Modena

Call me: +39 340 4266767

Write me: aurihelen@gmail.com

Follow me: @deshabille_magazine / @makeuprecruiting

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Aurihelen Paiva, brasiliana di nascita e italiana di adozione, dal 2007 fashion e beauty blogger.

Nel 2014 apro Make-up Recruiting, scuola di trucco per principianti e professionisti, dopo una lunga carriera nel mondo della moda e del beauty.

Ho collaborato con i più importanti marchi make-up, l’ultimo lavoro svolto è stato con GUCCI per il lancio della linea beauty del brand.

Ho maturato esperienza sia nell’ambito della moda che nello spettacolo, curando la sfilata del marchio Parakian Paris ma anche collaborando con Jo Santos, Cartier, TV La3, Cielo, Sky, Rai2, Miss Italia Emilia Romagna.

Sono specializzata in baby make-up, discromia della pelle, trucco per le spose e shooting fotografici, ho ottenuto vari certificati in Brasile specializzazioni anche online con i più rinomati Makeup Artists londinesi ed australiani.

Seguitemi e vi mostrerò i miei segreti!

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