CATHERINE FIELDS / London, September 18 (HNA) – Bora Aksu’s new collection was inspired by the French mathematician Sophie Germain. In the fashion show held at the Tate Britain Museum, accompanied by the live performance of Famous Artist Alison Sudol, the message of “hope for a better and healing world” was given at the Bora Aksu autumn winter fashion show.
In her latest collection dedicated to Germain, Bora Aksu examines how loneliness can ignite creativity and passion; The clothing styles of the 1800s and the details of that period were a great source of inspiration for the collection.
The groups in the collection created different pieces from Sophie’s life. Velvet and wool jacket sets, created with the influence of men’s clothing, describe the period he wrote to coaches with his male identity. Traditional masculine details are used with feminine dresses. Although silhouettes are rich and bouncy, they look fresh and light when used with weightless fabrics such as silk tulle and silk tulle.
Corn yellow, cream colours, petrol green and blue lace are used in both feminine and structural forms.
Sophie Germain, who lived in isolation at home with her family during the French Revolution, spent all day in her father’s library when she was locked up at home.
This excessive interest of Sophie, who was very fond of mathematics and physics books in a short time, started to worry her family and they banned Sophie from reading and working. However, seeing the passion of Sophie, who still got up at night and continued to read secretly, they decided to let her go.
Sophie Germain never married, always lived in her parents’ house and devoted her whole life to mathematics. In this period, when girls were not allowed to attend schools, Sophie began to correspond with professors as a male student in order to get more education and improve herself. Although she couldn’t go to school, her passion for learning was Sophie’s biggest means of self-education.
In 1810, Napoleon announced to the public a great mathematical problem and announced that anyone who solves it would receive a grand prize. Sophie Germain enthusiastically set about solving this problem, and she won the award in 1816.
Although this award earned her recognition, Sophie’s gender has always distinguished her from academic and scientific groups. Towards the end of his life, the University of Göttingen decided to award him, but Sophie passed away before he could give it.
Bora Aksu, who graduated from Central Saint Martins school in 2003 with outstanding success, won the British Fashion Council’s new generation award 4 times. Thanks to Queen Elizabeth in 2012, the Bora Aksu brand currently has 62 stores.