SAINT SENARA – AN ODE TO WOMEN OF THE SEA

SAINT SENARA’S CHURCH IN ZENNOR, CORNWALL,

IS HOME TO THE ANCIENT CARVING OF A SEA MAIDEN.

THE 600-YEAR OLD DEPICTION ILLUSTRATES THE LASTING INTRIGUE OF THESE LEGENDARY CREATURES.

CLEO LACED BODY AND SUSPENDER SKIRT

TALES OF THESE BEINGS SPEAK OF A WOMAN THAT PERSONIFIED THE OCEAN:

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HAUNTING BEAUTY

EFFORTLESS POWER

FEARLESSNESS

METAMORPHIC ABILITIES

UNAPOLOGETIC SEDUCTION

CLEO LACED BODY AND SUSPENDER SKIRT

EACH PIECE EXPLORES HOW WOMEN CAN CELEBRATE THEIR MULTI-FACETED BEAUTY THROUGH LINGERIE THAT TRANSCENDS INTO OUTERWEAR. 

CLEO LACED BODY AND SUSPENDER SKIRT

THE COLLECTION WEAVES TOGETHER THE TANGIBLE TEXTURES AND DESIGN OF MARINE FORMS,

WHILST EXPLORING THE REPRESENTATION OF FEMININITY AND SEDUCTION WITHIN HISTORIC LITERATURE AND ARTWORK THROUGHOUT MYTHS AND LEGENDS.

CLEO LACED BODY AND SUSPENDER SKIRT

THE COLLECTION INCORPORATES STYLES DESIGNED TO LOOK AND FEEL AS A ‘SECOND-SKIN’.

IN DOING SO, THE GARMENTS BECOME AN EXTENSION OF THE WEARER, ACCENTUATING AND CELEBRATING HER NATURAL PHYSIQUE.

SAMPHIRA OVERSIZED SLEEVE BODY

THE SAINT SENARA COLLECTION FEATURES METALLIC LEAVERS LACE ON SKINS OF ILLUSION TULLE.

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EACH PIECE IS THEN EMBELLISHED WITH

THREE-DIMENSIONAL WIRED LACE STRUCTURES, INTERWOVEN WITH FRESHWATER KESHI PEARLS AND SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS.

SAMPHIRA OVERSIZED SLEEVE BODY

SAMPHIRA OVERSIZED SLEEVE BODY

CLARA ASYMMETRIC BODY

CLARA ASYMMETRIC BODY

CLARA ASYMMETRIC BODY

ATLANTA BRA, THONG AND SUSPENDER SKIRT

ATLANTA BRA, THONG AND SUSPENDER SKIRT

ATLANTA BRA, THONG AND SUSPENDER SKIRT

ATLANTA BRA, THONG AND SUSPENDER SKIRT

WITH THANKS TO

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SIRENS – OLIVIA HARRIET AND TESSA HOWELL

PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER DAVIES

ACCESSORIES IN COLLABORATION WITH SNOW JEWELS

SET ASSISTANCE BY NINA HOWELL

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ON LOCATION AT MAWGAN PORTH, CORNWALL