Designer, Anita Benes has unveiled her latest bridal collection for Daalarna Couture: IDYLL.
Celebrated throughout the industry for their heart-stopping, romantic bridal designs, design house, Daalarna elegantly blends an artfully contemporary approach to their collections with a truly timeless allure. Crafted to haute couture quality standards and handmade in Budapest, brides will adore their charmingly whimsical creations.
As restrictions lifted, designer Anita Benes recalls falling into a rather idyllic state, “they say we only really appreciate something when we lose it. This is so true when I think about this past period. It was high time for the weddings to be about carelessness and limitless joy again so that brides could calm down and enjoy the big day fully. This liberated, sincere happiness was my main inspiration when creating the new IDYLL collection,” the designer explains.
Fuelled by this injection of freedom, IDYLL, the latest wedding dress collection from Daarlarna emerges in a flurry of playful silhouettes, ethereal fabrics and romantic creations, all peppered with botanical motifs – a style element that was perfectly referenced in the designer’s choice of location for the campaign: the glorious garden of the Esterházy Palace in Fertőd. Burgeoning with botanicals, Daarlarna’s brides roam freely amongst the Baroque horticulture and Margit Cziráky’s Rose Garden, the fragrance of the roses making for the most perfect of companions.
“We photographed our previous collection in the interiors of the castle, but even back then, in the snowfall in February, I felt like I had to return to this beautiful garden in the summer as well. The captivating atmosphere of the noble rural landscape proved to be the perfect venue for the campaign images of the new IDYLL collection.” Anita Benes, Designer for Daarlarna Couture
There is a fairytale quality to the latest collection, breathing timeless elegance with its playful mix of feather light tulles, pearl embellishments and illusion necklines. Voluminous puff sleeves and polka dots will secure sartorial hearts across the world, while gowns drenched in botanicals will seduce even the pickiest of bohemian brides.
“Walking in the castle park of Fertőd, I am often wondering about how they could live here in the 18th century? What could the young ladies have dreamed of here, while walking with the ladies of the court among these beautiful roses? I imagine them crawling among the maze-like bushes while gossiping or trying to rebel against the fate their family had imposed on them. At that time, love matches were still rare, so in most cases, the act of dreaming about Mr. Right or a secret meeting could only take place here, hidden in the garden. For them, this park was probably the ideal world. It feels good to think about how much the world has changed since then: those who visit the palace these days can now marry for love and choose the love of their life freely. Sometimes it’s worth pausing for a moment and appreciating these things that are now taken for granted.” Anita Benes, Designer of Daalarna Couture
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