Ziggura

Inspired by the ancient ziggurat, Frank Lloyd Wright reimagined the pyramid as a spiraling cone. Ziggura translates this architecture into a wearable form.

A photo of the Guggenheim Museum and its reflection on a parked car across the street inspired this piece.

Nicky Conti in a black and white couture piece echoing the Guggenheim’s spiral architecture, worn on location in New York City
Nicky Conti wearing a sculptural black and white couture look inspired by the Guggenheim Museum, photographed on location in New York City

Architecture becomes image.

Image becomes couture.

Couture returns to the city as motion.

Nicky Conti wearing a sculptural couture look with curved, spiral form inspired by the Guggenheim, photographed in New York City
Nicky Conti wearing a sculptural couture look with curved, spiral form inspired by the Guggenheim, photographed in New York City
Nicky Conti wearing the Ziggura couture look, with a skirt printed from a photograph of the Guggenheim’s reflection, photographed in New York City
Nicky Conti wearing the Ziggura couture look, with a skirt printed from a photograph of the Guggenheim’s reflection, photographed in New York City
Nicky Conti wearing an architectural couture piece with layered structure inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in New York City
Nicky Conti wearing an architectural couture piece with layered structure inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in New York City
Nicky Conti during a fitting, wearing a partially constructed couture garment as adjustments are made to the structure and silhouette
Fabric printed with a photographic image at In Vogue Studios, showing the translation of the original photograph onto textile

The transformation from photograph into a constructed wearable architecture that brings the image into motion.

Large-scale paper print of the photograph used to develop the initial pattern for the garment
Nicky Conti and textile artist Sarah Esmoingt examining the alignment of the printed top and skirt during a fitting