Paris has a way of turning even a quiet room into a stage. For this shoot, we didn’t chase the city outside – we closed the door and let one room do all the talking. An ornate interior, gold and tapestry everywhere, and in the middle of it a single black dress in sheer tulle, resting more than posing.
The brief was simple: one look, one model, one mood. The gown was dramatic on its own, so we let it spill across the floor and kept the frame low, almost at eye level with the fabric. The blue, glittered gloves cut through all the warm tones of the room, a small electric detail against the old world backdrop. Instead of a full portrait, we focused on posture, hands, the weight of the dress as it settles.
Light did most of the work. We used what was already there – soft ambient light from the room, a gentle lift where needed – just enough to catch the texture in the tulle and the tiny reflections in the jewellery. No big rigs, no complicated setup. That kept the atmosphere intact and the model relaxed, more like someone taking a break between scenes than performing for the camera.
What mattered was the tension between the space and the brand: an emerging label borrowing a room that looks like it belongs to another century. The images we took don’t try to explain everything. They sit somewhere between fashion and still life – a dress, a body, a room, caught in that in-between moment before something happens. For this shoot, that was enough: not to show the whole story, just to give you a frame you can imagine the rest of your own.
