From dinosaurs to the Bolshoi, room for a poets' corner
By Suzy Menkes
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A young Belgian designer, Cathy Pill, 24, was able to put an installation on display for one day at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs on Monday. Looking at the intricate and graphic patterns, inspired by the Art Nouveau architecture of her native city, Pill proved why she has won a slew of accolades and awards since she graduate from La Cambre fashion school. Those scholarships have financed her first collection.
"It is not really Art Nouveau but its sinuous arabesques," said Pill, explaining how she worked digitally on the prints to give them a "coup de vent" or wind-blown effects, so that the pattern follows the course of the body. So did the fabric, when Pill used jersey, making both optical black and white patterns and vibrantly colored effects inspired by stained glass windows.