R&G|MAGAZINE Edition #14 - September 2015 | Page 18

Q S ometimes I feel I have lived in a previous era. A number of previous collections have been inspired by the 1960s. Kutowa’s Ka Girlo collection of 2014 had the flirtatious 60s energy of Marilyn Monroe. However, Ba Donna, Kutowa’s latest collection, is first and then I work on the designs. Ba Donna was 1950s, feminine, classy, sure and confident yet slightly reserved without brashness. For me the person who embodied this energy was Audrey Hepburn. 18