MOST Magazine Fashion APR'15 ISSUE NO.8 | Page 189

ashion tells us a story about the person
wearing it, but for the beholder, a crown
or headdress can elevate both the fashion
and the wearer to an exalted or even mythic level.
In modern times, we don’t see as much of this overt
symbolism around us, yet we still refer to leaders
as “heads” of state. The double meaning of this
term still resonates and connects us with the older
tradition of crowning our leaders and deities to
bestowing them with esteem and reverence above
our own.
In this shoot, our team explored the
transformation within a photo shoot that crowns
can make to our interpretation of the image of the
fashion and the model. While the wearing of the
crown symbolically elevates the mundane, it also
personifies the ineffable. The mythic imagery of
the crown complemented the design and ultimately
inspired the styling for our shoot, but as symbol
does, took on a life of its own. As we progressed
and began to review the photos that we captured,
we all began to look beneath the images to see
the symbols they evoked and the story that spoke
to us. This became for us a visual tale of winter
through personifying some of its familiar aspects.
Our white tree gown with the crystal-draped
twig crown was intended to represent the serenity
of winter as embodied in the image of one of the
Dryades, spirits of the forest in Greek mythology. >>>

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