Morua Designs

I am a big, big fan of U.K. fashion designer Gerry Quinton and her company Morua Designs (as she probably knows by now). I came across this talented designer when I spotted her cyber corset design on a Livejournal community. The lines, the design, the colors-- I was hooked.

Her website states that, "Morúa's girl is ahead of the curve. She is sleek. She is confident. She wears a chic new rhythm. She is a skyscraper, a monument, a river. She towers and twirls. To achieve this dynamic effect, Morúa utilizes only the finest fabrications and couture construction techniques in every collection. We dress our lady in a new kind of shaded beat. We will transform the modern woman, grant her a novel freedom: to walk the quantum pattern of satiating prints. We want our lady to flow." With standards and demands so high, one could wonder how Quinton manages to deliver! And yet, she does.

Her Couture line is a beautiful hybrid of timeless shape, utilizing dramatic angle, bold pattern, and strong color to transform them in to unique and vibrant pieces of body art. Many of her couture pieces are from her "Metropolis" collection, lengthening the body and sharpening with her bold architectural style. But many of Quinton's other pieces seem bring out the softer side of the Metropolis, such as the Marionette dress featured above, and the Chiquitita dress. Both are pieces I personally love, and would wear together (perhaps with this Fall's dominant Men's style booties?); the neutral tone would highlight the supposedly cold exterior of cement buildings, while romanticizing the perceived connotations of the structure and identity of cities.