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Alexia Elkaim and Paloma Elsesser are undeniable evidence that cooperating with a dear companion can make a surprising difference. Professing to be dearest friends since 10th grade, the two have upheld each other as Elkaim ventures into a clothing label Miaou and Paloma turns into a supermodel.
They now participate in a joint endeavor in Miaou’s first time to create 54-piece of extended size, presenting famous fan-most loved corsets and skirts from XS to 4X.
“This isn’t even where it stops; this is just the bandwidth currently that the brand has,” says Elsesser. “It’s also a way to make a remark to brands that have way more resources to show that you can do this.”
Beginning as a denim brand, Miaou is popular for embracing curve-hugging going out tops and outstanding non-constricting corsets. Elsesser wears Miaou outfits; nonetheless, she feels like she is given special treatment.
“My size was provided, but the community I represent was not,” she states.
All was good and well for the two to get into this collection and stretch out work to build the size of Miaou, beginning with the fundamentals.
“Any brand I attach my name to needs to also provide for more women that I represent,” according to Elsesser.
To make the estimations right, the duo worked with two fit models – one wearing a size 16 and one wearing an 18. Elsesser’s experience comparably upheld a couple of parts of the framework, as seen in a partly backless top to enable the person wearing it to have underpinnings yet still show some skin.
“I was like, ‘I need to wear a bra every day.’ These things need to be considered,” Elsesser states. “I really value Alexia listening to these needs.”
It was significant for the two of them to make the pieces easy, a word that doesn’t have anything to do with body-embracing garments.
“Ease can be a corset, ease can be sweatpants, but it’s the way you can participate in the world and feel at ease in this moment,” she adds. “The community that I care about so deeply is not only deserving of ease but desperate of it. It’s not fair, and it feels like a denial of a certain level of humanity that everyone deserves.”
It took 25 fittings, and unending evaluations from models, Elsesser, and the Miaou team – which Elkaim says have enormous bodies – to finish and change the equilibrium.
“The collection itself is such a smoothie of Alexia and I’s personalities,” Elsesser continues. “Alexia is very light, playful, and I operate from a more critical lens when it comes to clothes and images.”
Alexia goes against Elsesser’s statement; she is more “mature and sophisticated.”
Elsesser answers, “I’m more serious, and she’s more light. I’m a burgundy and a forest green; she’s a beige and a pink.”
The collection features strong prints propelled by interior design, including a tangerine-conditioned toile and a blue and white print highlighting faintly seen Baroque design parts.
In a striking photograph, Elsesser wears an orange corset and a blue skirt and spins. However, that mix alone isn’t similar to the usual look of Miaou, as Elkaim leans towards matching outfits rather than a striking one.
“I feel really grateful that she trusted me,” she says, adding it was as smooth as the clothes they created.
“It was not difficult to relinquish control because there’s so much trust in her vision,” she adds.
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