Tia Cibani’s Designs Dance

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Movement. When I was interviewing designer Tia Cibani at her studio, one of the references of inspiration for her fall collection was just that, movement. The full dancer skirts, gathered backs, swinging dresses, and loose silhouettes all flow in graceful motions. Even in the fabric design, the blurred lines of the rose print look as if the fabric has flown by you, leaving behind only the scent of roses. The clothes hanging there in the showroom were screaming at me to be whirled around, caught in the wind, and flicked off a finger.

I asked Amy, a recent New Orleans transplant and a trained dancer (in ballet, jazz, AND tap) to come in and be our movement, our graceful, elegant motions. We started talking about dance, about her motivation to dance, and she said, “I love when you find that vulnerability of not caring and letting your body completely take over. It’s very invigorating.” And it was indeed, an exhilarating live performance piece in the middle of our studio; garments singing in ripples of red satin, billows of draped tweed, twirls of shining pleats!

After the shoot I asked Amy what it felt like to dance in these clothes, and she replied, “I felt like a goddess, like a queen. It was so beautiful, it moved with me like an extension of my body.” Now that sounds like an outfit I could dance my way through Manhattan in, too…

 

 

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Love dancers? Me too! The School of American Ballet has a ball & Laura Love dances through her life in New York.

Model: Amy L. of MSA Models // Hair & Makeup by Ana Sicat

  • It feels like these pieces were made to be worn by a dancer! What a beautiful idea and an even more beautiful transition in these captured images! You’ve seized the gracefulness of the fabrics and the dancer’s agility so perfectly, well done Jamie!

  • This makes me miss my dance classes as a child and teen! <3 Gorgeous!

  • Violetta Cordes

    Fantastic work,so spectacular and very impressed!!!

  • Love!

  • So mesmerized by the first image!

  • Tarragona IN

    HOw elegant she is. She can wear wathever she wants, because she will give the dress her pesonality.
    http://tarragonain.blogspot.com.es

  • MonicaLShulman

    Stunning, elegant, classic. I love the movements of the garment and how they flow and drape so beautifully yet she seems to be frozen in time. Really gorgeous.