David Koma Autumn-Winter 2023 Runway Show

Glamour is a sensory stimulant: an enigmatic feeling founded in timeless atmospheres and images that draw us in with seductive force. In the contemporary arena of fashion and entertainment where self expression is eradicating the conventions of the old world, classic representations of glamour continue to prevail: the eternal impact of a red lip, a glossy nail, a cut glass heel, or a satin lapel. For Fall Winter 2023, David Koma stages a study of the elements and iconography characteristic of twentieth century glamour. Embodied by Marlene Dietrich whose radical dress sense interwove the feminine and masculine symbols of desire the collection suspends itself between the grammar of two revolutionising eras: the icon’s 1930s heyday and the 1960s continuously present in the work of David Koma. Sense beguiling colours instinctively connected to glamour paint the collection: glossy lipstick red, regal ultraviolet, alluring lilac and lavender, and electrifying tulip yellow. Identifying dress codes and