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Brand-centric and logo mania: Inspired by the wealth culture of the 80’s. Dream Lights reimagines this logo-centric fashion of the era.
Autumn / Winter 2023
Electric Dreams
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Dream Lights
Dream Lights plays with a distortion of the brand logo and letters, imaginatively re-envisioned to evoke into the ostentation and wealth culture of the 80s with a bold interpretation of the logo-centric fashion of the era. Celebrating this hedonistic mood of the 80’s, this print references the psychedelic energy of the club scenes.
With swirling patterns and vivid colours, it encapsulates the euphoric atmosphere, where music, dance, and free-spiritedness reigned. This nostalgic design takes us back to a time of carefree celebration and artistic exploration, channeling the essence of a dynamic cultural movement that continues to inspire.
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Material Girl
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Material Girl, no introduction needed! It’s all about channeling the inner 80’s vibe. It nods to cubist graphic design, whilst emphasising the new cultural movements spanned across music, art, film, and fashion.
This energetic, vibrant print embodies the spirit of the 80’s. Inspired by the club scene and artists such as Madonna and Culture Club, this graphic print pays homage to the Neon Noir movement and references the cubist influences on graphic design in the era, inspired by artists like Piet Mondrian, who also enjoyed a pop culture renaissance during this period.
The geometric lines darting across the print, exude the reference to the dashing strobe lights from iconic club scenes, such as Studio 54 and The Roxy.
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Robot Love
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In this fusion of art and sound, the Robot Love print stands as a testament to the enduring relationship
between creativity and music.
Robot Love, with its cubist geometric shapes, was also conceived with the inspiration of music at its core. The abstracted shapes sprinkled throughout, illustrate different formats of music, where you’ll find stacks of cassette tapes, turntables, and vinyl records.
Drawing from the realm of music, these geometric elements converge to craft a visual symphony that pays homage to the auditory realm, where the nostalgic whispers of music’s past harmonise with the contemporary beats.
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Metropolis
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Endless nights, neon lights and music beats – Metropolis references back to the dizzy discoes, tapping into the extravagant rhythms of the music intertwined with the mesmerising lights of the night.
Metropolis toys with a distortion of the brand logo, reimagined in a nod to the neon signage, and city lights synonymous with the club and dance scene. Fusing the urban aesthetics with the electrifying energy of the dance floor.
Just as the city never sleeps, the print embodies the electric feel of the dazzling club lights intimately intertwined with the pulsating rhythm of the music beats, infusing the spirit of dancing the night away in the club and dance scene. With swirling patterns and vivid hues, it’s a nostalgic nod to an era defined by its uninhibited celebration of life and music.
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Stealth Disco
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Reimagining dizzy discoes, psychedelia, and blurry photographs captured on 35mm, this print encapsulates this electric energy of the 70’s and 80’s.
Drawing inspiration from the whirlwind world of endless nights and psychedelia, Stealth Disco embraces the electric dynamism.
It encapsulates the busy atmosphere of legendary clubs like Studio 54 and The Roxy, tapping into the energy, and capturing the mood of the club surroundings and atmosphere.
Joyously exuding the mood of these debauched and vibrant decades, of the dance floors and subcultures. In the wake of an era where new cultural movements spanned across music, art, film and fashion.
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Deja Vu
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Inspired by the movement of light and electricity the Deja Vu print expresses the strobing disco lights of the early 70’s & 80’s club scenes, inspired by light and electricity movement, visually capturing the mood and ambiance of this era.
The Déjà vu print captures the essence of a discotheque’s strobing lights, showcasing a mesmerising array of multi-coloured, pulsating, and psychedelic stripes. Encapsulating the electric flow of the music beats and club lights, pulsating through the night.
Each stripe echos the beat of the music, perfectly synchronised with the vibrant pulse that courses through the night, creating a sensation that resonates deep within the senses.
Behind the collection
The Design Story
Inspired by the movement of light and electricity, AW23 Electric Dreams celebrates the hedonistic mood of the 70s and early 80s, in the wake of an era where new cultural movements spanned across music, art, film and fashion.
Leaning into these seminal moments in culture, creative director Anna Paola has crafted a collection that interprets the charged energy of the era, giving several nods to these key movements.
Electric Dreams joyously captures the mood of these debauched and vibrant decades, a time of technological advancements, artistic gatherings, hedonism, dance, and subculture.
A Note From The Designer
Leaning into these seminal moments in culture, Electric Dreams interprets the charged energy of the hedonistic mood of the 70s and early 80s, giving several nods to these key movements.Anna Paola Founder, Creative Director
Behind the collection
The Design Process
Born in the United States, and raised in Greece, to a Greek father and a Mexican - American mother, Anna Paola’s designs encompass her multi-cultural upbringing.
Informed perspectives on design, colouring, and ergonomics define the DNA of the PAOLITA brand, whilst Anna Paola’s rigorous eye for detail was obtained whilst working with iconic designers Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan.
Anna Paola’s diverse array of influences informs her extensive research, which ranges from libraries, museums, archives, travels and endless sources of inspiration. Often spending weeks, and sometimes months, researching elements of art history, culture and nature, her proficiency to evoke stories through print has become a core aspect of PAOLITA’s brand ethos.
All our prints are designed in our London studio, hand-drawn by Anna Paola and constructed into garments by our atelier in Europe.