Dazziliance

At night, the skyline redresses itself in light.

From a photograph of the New York skyline — to form, to embodiment.

Nicky Conti wearing the Dazziliance couture look on location with the New York City skyline, featuring a structured top printed with the skyline and a skirt printed with water reflections, enhanced by bead embroidery

From across the river,

Downtown Manhattan becomes a constellation of light —

translated into Dazziliance,

a body between monument and memory.

Nicky Conti in the Dazziliance two piece couture made from a printed photograph of the NYC skyline and river, with bead embroidery highlighting the building lights and their reflections on the skirt
Nicky Conti in the Dazziliance custom look featuring a skyline print across the structured bodice and water reflections on the skirt, with hand-beaded details emphasizing light from the city
Nicky Conti in the Dazziliance look with bead embroidery accentuating the reflections of city lights on water, photographed with the Manhattan skyline in the background

The skyline is shaped into form, the river translated into movement, and each point of light brought to life by hand through beaded embroidery.

Nicky Conti during a fitting wearing a muslin prototype of the Dazziliance top and skirt as the garment structure is tested
Paper prototype of the Dazziliance garment displayed next to the original design sketch used for its development
Nicky Conti during a fitting with Estelle Chatorrier and Sarah Esmoingt at the atelier, working on the construction of the Dazziliance garment
Close-up of the Dazziliance top embroidery showing beadwork before it is assembled onto the garment structure