H. E. Adia Sakiqi, Ambassador of Albania to The Netherlands avec designer Belinda Maci.
By Viviana Knorr.
Albanian Embassy Art Gallery presents on 17 May designer Belinda Maci or BelaBelinda accessories collection: Legacy on the Run Fashion Exhibition.
Designer Belinda Maci is a fashion designer artist based in Tirana, Albania. BelaBelinda creations combine traditional influences and her love for the transformation of ordinary materials into pieces of exceptional art. Electric blues with abundant coral and sandstone tones mixed with film noir influences reigned at the embassy’s gallery while H. E. Adia Sakiqi, Ambassador of Albania to The Netherlands, inaugurated Maci’s fashion exhibition.
For the most part, the accessories collection was defined by fabric combining elegantly pearls with dark and silver spikes, and tulles as unique headdresses and necklaces.
An abstract sequined necklace in blue and red swooping from across a shoulder on a summer top is just an example of what the collection offers to its visitors. Fabric shapes resembling musical notes to wear as necklaces inspired by the Lahuta, Albania’s folk instrument.
Everything about the exhibition has a girly femininity touch. From the embroidered chest piece applications to poetic ruffled and geometric frayed effects.
Maci accomplished her creations in a way that looked beautiful and powerful, thanks to the inclusion of fabric, pearls and a few metal harnesses.
In the end, the embassy’s exhibition is a mix of a film noir and huge traditional family values show, to also show the audience the designer’s respect for the country’s first craftspeople, in contrast with the small in size nation.
Legacy on the Run Fashion Exhibition will run at:
Albanian Embassy Art Gallery from 17 May – 30 September 2016 at Hoge Niewstraat 22, 2514 EL in The Hague.
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday from 14.00 – 17.00 by appointment 070 4272 101.
