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Cecilie Bahnsen On The Beauty Of The Back

Voluminous, cloud-like sculpture, artisanal fabrics with tie fastenings that reveal the wearer’s back, these are the hallmarks of Danish designer Cecilie Bahnsen and her cerebrally feminine four-year-old namesake label. In town recently to visit Dover Street Market Singapore, where she’s stocked exclusively, she opens up about her vision of sensuality.

Cecilie Bahnsen Turns Repetition Into Beautiful Frocks Out Of Our Wardrobe's Past

There's something about Cecilie Bahnsen's dresses that make you feel like you've had them forever. The Danish designer's creations, often in diaphanous fabrics sweetened with generous helpings of embellishments and embroideries, feel like they've been plucked right out of a little girl's wardrobe — supersized to fit her 15-years-later physique. They're whimsical and rather nostalgic, but stop short of veering into Lolita territory.