Focus Magazine of SWFL Cheers To Your Style | Page 143

Victorian Woman Photographer : Sylvain Reneult (www.sylvainrenault.com) Stylist : Manuela Biocca - Victorian Woman Fashion accessories, corsets and skirts : Manuela Biocca - Victorian Woman Model : Marion Dussaix Make-Up - Hair : Haddy Sanghore (www.shaddo.fr) Manuela Biocca, the designer, created Victorian Woman in 2009. Her desire is to highlight the Gothic Chic style, to bring it back to the front of the scene and as an everyday lifestyle. Victorian Woman is a French fashion designer accessories brand, handmade in France, in limited edition and unique items. Th e brand takes on a commitment and guarantees to produce a limited number of its products in order for its customers to always feel exceptional by delivering them a certifi cate of authenticity as for pieces of art. She off ers women romantic accessories inspired by fashions from the past: underbust corsets, hats, hair accessories, lace jewelry, belts, purses and bags, spats, cloaks. The signature of these artistic and atypical accessories is made from the union of luxury fabrics, beautiful laces and jewelry decorated with gemstones. The sense of detail, quality, and the exclusivity of her designs are its priority. Faithful to her inspirations, the designer imagined a collection resolutely anti-conformist and feminine: baroque charm, cabinets of curiosities and their fantastic discoveries, punk rockers and dandies. Th is collection with timeless and sophisticated forms invites the modern woman to reveal its multi-facetted personality by playing with contrasting eff ects. The creative process of this season gives birth to a collection between shadow and light, between romanticism and rock attitude. Black silk marries with golden silk fl owers, the black duchess satin enlightened with cameos of lace, skulls heads and scrolls, eyelets, spikes, metal buckles, laces are the privileged materials of this collection. www.victorianwoman.fr Necklace “Curiosité-Red” (Curiosity ) : black lace, red skull brocade, spikes, satin roses with garnet beads, sterling silver celtic jewel with jade cabochon – Unique piece Bracelet “Curiosité-Red” : black satiny fabric, red skull brocade, garnet beads, sterling silver celtic jewel with jade cabochon – Unique piece Bag “Curiosité-Red” : black satiny fabric, brocade skull head emblem with lace around, garnet beads, delivered with its matching red skull brocade pouch FOCUS of SWFL 2014 143