A First Step in Paris Fashion Week for the Balinese Brand Isa Boulder

 
 

On October 3rd, ISA BOULDER showcased its debut runway collection, "Hardcore Handmade," at Paris Fashion Week in the Marais. This collection reflects the brand's deep commitment to craftsmanship and emphasizes the beauty of taking one's time to create unique pieces. Inspired by Bali, where the brand is located, it draws from the sounds of waves and the transition from beachside casual to evening sophistication. The collection features elegant eveningwear dresses, versatile layer-able pieces, and the brand's signature satiny swimwear.

The brand's signature argyle pattern is prominent in various garments, and each season, they focus on a new knitwear technique, with SS24 featuring macramé. The satiny fabric is cleverly woven to create an armor-like texture in dresses, skirts, bodysuits, gloves, and sandals, inspired by Balinese woven palm leaves. "Parachute" fabric in pale green, beige, and black adds a sense of lightness, contrasting with the handwoven materials. The earth-toned color palette includes browns, grays, ecru, and khaki, with hints of colors reminiscent of the brand's popular swimwear.

ISA BOULDER also introduced a range of accessories, such as shoes and bags, seamlessly integrated into the overall look rather than as external additions. The satiny fabrics shine in small shoulder bags and macramé low and tall sandals.

Hotel Fancì by Sharon Angelia, Camille Ange Pailler, and Alina Larissa

A model on top of a table with a glass and wood panel behind her. The Model is wearing strappy heels with a flower as the heel, and a black ruffle skirt with a pink top that has a ruffle across her chest.
 

creative direction by Alina Larissa
fashion styling & art direction by Camille Ange Pailler
photography by Sharon Angelia
casting by Suhadi Budiman at Bumi Faces
models Hani at Persona Bali & Alya at Bali Starz
makeup by Annika 
hair by Angelina Sherba 
stylist assistance by Gloria Stephanie
photo assistance by Safri Ndruru 

all clothing by Fancì club
shoes by Valeria De Lacerta
jewelry by Baggira

 

Based in Vietnam, twenty-four-year-old Duy Tran sculpts bodies with frilled dresses that are contrasted by sexy, see-through fabrics. Earlier this winter, the precocious designer invited us to explore his new Fancì collection in an extravagantly expansive hotel called The Rich Prada in Uluwatu, Bali.

Currently under renovation, the seemingly abandoned resort is well-frequented with each room boasting its own unique, thematic design. The stark contrast between luxurious materials and dirty construction sites offered a space for unbridled imagination. It was like being in an abandoned, life-sized Barbie house, teeming with dust and dirt years after its child had outgrown it.

 
A model sitting on her knees on a table witrh a white flower ruffle scarf anf flowery netted tights and a black top. A small flower vase sits next to her.
A Model lounges half-up on a intricate hotel carpet beneath her. She wears a pink flowering tank top with ruffles and black underwear.
 
 
A model lounges on a glass and wood patterned panel/room seperator with red pants, a blue flower placed on her hip and a long flowing black dress with ruffles on top.
 
A model lays on blue/green intricate hotel carpet with a red ruffle top and blue skirt with a flower on the bottom hem.
A model propped up against a wood table with a glass and wood pannel background, She places her hands on chairs next to her, and a part of her pink ruffle top runs along her left hand. She wears a black ruffle skirt with fishnets and strappy heels.
 
A flower arch is placed behind the model, who is wearing low-rise teal pants with a flower on the hip. This is paired with a wrapped flower ruffled top. The background appears to be placed like a wedding day, with a white chair and paintings.
A model wears a white sheer dress with ruffles on the edges of the bottom, and pink sheer tights as she leans against a beige wall in a empty room.
 
who is wearing low-rise teal pants with a flower on the hip. This is paired with a wrapped flower ruffled top. The background appears to be a flower arch.
Two models appear in the frame, with one walking out of a room with a pink dress with frills on the bottom and strappy heels, and the other against a spiral patterned wall with a hot pink dress with flower details and purple tights.
 
A model posing on purple ground with her hand stretching out to grab her ankle. She is wearing a pair of strappy heels and black shorts wit a corseted top which dons a pink bow in the middle.
 
A model stands in front of a biege wall with purple floor wearing a light pink dress with frills hanging below and a flower at the hip. She also wears purple tights and black and brown heels.
Mutiple Models appear lounging on the floor, all focused on a model in the middle. One takes a pictures of the model, who wears a red ruffled top and a blue skirt with frills alying around her connected to the skirt.
 
A model lays on the floor grasping her legs, showing her strappy heels with a flower design as the heel and a pink dress with a flower on her shoulder.