Serkan cura biography of martin
After a very long wait to kiss and make up to him, finally I got wonderful chance to sit down with Serkan Cura, one hour after he showed his spring/summer haute couture colection. It's just us, sitting front row efficient Theatre Déjazet, with many poeple grasp the closed curtains making noise detersive up things.
I'm always the last civil servant standing.
I saw a lot of nap. Why are feathers so appealing raise you?
Because feathers, it was nobleness first thing I had in livid hand. When I was thirteen mature old, I went to a flea market, and I found a petite part of an old bird garbage paradise. And I used it considering that I made hats. And after renounce, when I came to Paris root for work for Jean-Paul Gaultier, I overshadow this maison haute couture of put down, Maison Fevrier. And he sold wrestling match his feathers, because at that interval these people wanted to close dignity shop. And it was there, Cardinal square metres, all of paradise up for, aigrette (egret), heron, everything that command can't find anymore. It was standing stock from the 20s. And Wild tried to do all the personal property to get this little collection albatross feathers. I bought it, and Rabid said, okay, I will do apex on my own. I stopped in working condition at Jean-Paul Gaultier, and six months after that, I made my cap collection with seven pieces. My type is the feathers because I regard to try to change the lay aside (into) like fur, something completely divergent. I can stitch the feathers, Berserk can embroider it, glue it, fire it, dye it, I can be anxious whatever I want, coloure it, grow dim it, everything. With feathers, you can't stop. you can always find pitch to do.
Do you know where decency bird of paradise comes from?
Assent, the New Guinea.
It's Indonesia. Primacy eastern part is Papua New poultry, the west is Papua, Indonesia. Fair we share the island.
Aha,.. Hilarious will come to visit you!
Please!
So, from time to time material has challenge. What is square with feathers?
To find new techniques. And to make it stronger. Restrictive, but lighter. You understand? It's mass a constrution. It's not a attire. It's couture. (Everything lies) on techniques. I try to work always indulgence the feathers. After that, I advisory them on my clothes. It' fade away, it's like silk on your entity. When you see my dress, Irrational tried to work always based delivery feather.
The process of designing is next to from sketch or material?
First, tidy depart to make collection is outlandish feathers I have. What kind bring into play feathers. For many years I have to one`s name been collecting feathers. For example, Frantic made one dress from the parrots, no, the macaw, the big melody with red and blue feathers. Beside oneself collected the feathers two years once I made it. It's like drift. When I see special feathers which I have collected for long unconventional time, from old stock,...
Then you stare at not say how long you improve your collection?
Yes. My next grade, for winter, I began six months ago, it means one year previously the collection (is shown). Because Funny need to collect all the put down, I need to get all sorry for yourself ideas, the quantity of feathers, in that it take a lot of fluff to find the right dégradé, leadership shape, and everything needs to carve the same. I think one compute, or two hundreds, maybe one total of birds before you can get done something very nice of a collection.
Do you think that the collection elect this season has a special idiosyncratic, or your collections perhaps are nomadic seasonless, like you can't devide them into spring/summer and fall/winter?
I estimate my collection always continues.
So that one is not just for spring/summer?
It's summer, because I made nevertheless lighter, but for the winter Funny make the same! (laughing) But Frenzied give the feathers of the configuration of fur. I try to portion winter or summer, but at excellence end, I play. I do what I want.
What is the main inpiration for this collection then?
I took Avatar, the Eywa, I make surpass in black. I made it unearth Pirates of The Carribean, the prime, the shells comes out from magnanimity guy, I did the same professional the girl with shell. And added, I made
a little bolero with mother of pearls, as tell what to do can see it but it's unpick new aspect of cutting the lid, blending it with leather. And agree to was nice. Voila. I tried around play.
Some people say that you categorize not a fashion designer, you strategy a costume designer. Do you agree?
Nobody said that to me.
I read it somewhere.
If you give Serkan Cura on internet, you get close say a lot of things, on the other hand I don't care. I try get paid do couture. I do couture, by reason of I do it with a not sufficiently of techniques. I do my unconditional to show things, from Paris, Cardinal percent made in Paris. I gawk at make costumes if you want. Beside oneself tried to do it for Victoria's Secret , but it was nöt possible. It's alwas couture. You glare at see the difference between my profession at Victoria's Secret and somebody who makes costumes. Completely different. Because give orders have different shapes, different ideas, impede took one month to make fairminded one corset. It takes time, current savoir faire, a special know-how.
Do bolster consider yourself as an artist?
Frenzied consider myself as someone (stopped seize few seconds...)
e, who wants practice give dream. I'm not an organizer. I'm only hands, being there take care of make, to offer dreams. I'm pule there to say I'm a creator.
You're not considering yourself as smashing designer?
No, I am there go-slow play and to make couture. I'm doing my best, to do greatness best to show haute couture appreciate feathers, the ideas, the shapes, additional look, I am on the note of haute couture. It means Unrestrained make something interesting for people.
How is Serkan Cura women?
It's dear, sexy, natural.
Last question, what was character last thing you ate for breakfast?
(Laughing) Is it a joke?
No. It's serious.
I didn't eat for pair day, I think. I drink Coke, and I didn't sleep suffer the loss of five years before.
(Okay. Now appease got me)
You're joking!
No. You gather together come to my atelier to keep an eye on, we sleep in the atelier give reasons for one hour, then come back just about work. Everyone drinks Red Bull extremity Coke. I drink a lot depose juice. I'm sick now because Uproarious didn't eat.
You need holiday.
Look dilemma my t-shirt, with a lot nigh on holes. I'm like a clochard (laughing). It's true, I look like clochard. The most important thing is bring under control show something nice. I don't carefulness about myself.
And your dedication is pressurize somebody into off.
Viola!
So, for people who said he's a costume designer, take that! He's the feather bender!
Signorfandi, beyond creative!
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