Lilith does not have mundane days. Alone with herself doing household chores, she often plays games aloud. For example: Talk Show During Sweater Folding. Moss green sweater held up, Lilith says aloud in her American TV voice, “Many people wonder if they should fold or hang their sweaters. If you’re wondering which way to go, ask yourself— how much did I pay for this sweater? How often do I wear it? And most importantly: how prone is this material to losing structure from stretched shoulders?
Fa#ma Farheen Mirza, “Confessions of Lilith”
What is in that grey, hazy space between memory and forgetting? Where is the border between feeling and thinking? When is the distance between our inner and outer realms of experience stretched too far?
Continuing the journey of Completedworks, Autumn/Winter 2024 proposes smooth elongated silhouettes losing themselves in enfolding flows of volume. Across earrings, necklaces and rings, strong lines taking centre stage as they interweave and circumvent tradition motifs. Pearls envelop and submerge form, reducing established codes to the shadows. Surfaces start with the timeless roundness of sculpture before giving way to a quotidian, feminine radicalism. The collection shifts to a muted palette to imagine a uniting tone, elevated by enlivening shades of green and jolts of vibrant pink.
Further expanding the context of jewellery, for this season’s show, creative director Anna Jewsbury commissioned an original work by author Fatima Farheen Mirza. “Confessions of Lilith” is a monologue set to be performed by Joanna Lumley.
“We liked the idea of a monologue as an alternative to a traditional fashion show, something that weaved in the energy of a live performance. We hoped to create something people can assemble their experiences around. We wanted it to investigate something personal but also be open to elements of the collective experience that are unknown and unknowable.”
–Anna Jewsbury
“Writing a monologue which was inspired by the tone and energy and sculptural pieces of Completedworks was such a fun challenge that both stretched and surprised me and it will be a dream to have it performed.”
-Fatima Farheen Mirza
Bags
Following last season’s launch of handbags, the brand introduces a new series of bags constructed of a specially sourced deadstock leather that speaks to
Completedworks’ commitment to sustainable design. Light and elegant, the new bags anchor restraint of form with dramatic handles and straps that playfully animate the silhouette. In the signature bag, bows cut in the method of origami proliferate along the strap, dissolving the boundaries between the abstract and the timeless. The colour scheme is expanded to sand and light olive green, complementing the traditional use of black and white.
Homeware
Unconscious gestures infuse the season’s homeware. Following the language and imagined expressions of the protagonist in Fatima Farheen Mirza’s writing, wine glasses, tumblers and carafes lean and slump incredulously as if in rhythm to the numbness of routine – and in final anticipation of the individual’s unwavering spirt and ability to overcome the humdrumness of it all.
Credits
Lilith: Joanna Lumley
Writer: Fatima Farheen Mirza
Director: Raffi Chipperfield
Producer: Gala Gordon
Art Direction: Ekaterina Bazhenova-Yamasaki Styling: Aimée Croysdill
Casting: Rosie Vogel
Set Design & Build: Cassandra Adjei
Set Crew: Mike Parish, Oliver Isaac
Lighting: Craig Teunissen
Sound: Harry J.N. Parsons
Make up: Mel Arter
Hair: Kei Terada
Moving Image: Household Pictures
BTS Videographer: Maria Gorodeckaya
Photography: Genevieve Lutkin
Enquiries
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