This season, Tamara Ralph explained that she was “very much celebrating strength and femininity. It is something that she launched with and that continues throughout this collection.”
At the same time as his runway show, Ralph revealed a collaboration with Audemars Piguet for a limited-edition “Tamara Ralph” Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon. It has a frosted 18-karat rose gold case and will have 102 pieces.
The designer and watchmaker began working together in 2020, when Audemars Piguet models were combined with Ralph's 2021 designs.
Of her fashion, she said: “This collection really celebrates craftsmanship and savoir-faire, through generations of couture in my family, and that has also been done by Audemars Piguet.”
Ralph added that the idea is to “bring those two worlds together and celebrate the textures, colors and craftsmanship behind some of the metal work and details, which symbolize feminine strength.”
For this fashion collection, which marks the second official season that the Tamara Ralph brand has shown in Paris, it used many metallic tones: gold, rose gold and handmade metal work.
These were next to pastels, meant to connote the soft and elegant side of femininity. Dichotomies abounded, as the designer manipulated metallic tweeds by weaving them with chains and other metalwork “to give them richness and toughness,” he said.
The same thing happened with flowy robes. A pink crystal mesh draped dress was adorned with a rose gold crystal diamond corset. Ralph designed a tea-green pleated taffeta dress with a corset made of silk and peridot crystal roses.
The tweed woven tailleur in gold, pink and ivory was adorned with gold chains and xilion crystals. That was topped off by a gold “cage hat” and a metallic belt. A silk faille dress and watermelon-colored cape were adorned with crystals and striped coke feathers.
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