No.4 CASABLANCAS SILK PRINT SHIRTS
HANDPAINTED PARISIAN FINERY
SAVVY OPULENT VERVE FROM CHARAF TAJERS BRAND
Look Hook No.4- Casablanca silk print hand painted shirts. I totally dig Parisian designer Casablanca’s savvy opulent verve (click) and its gorgeous printed silk shirts typify their attitude to looking fine. A panache of SS20 hand painted designs printed on silk make for glamorous statements (click). Vibrant illustrations of exotic landscapes, lavish interiors, scallop shells, succulents and charming little birds collide with statues and ornate decanters, all rendered in sophisticated colour combos. “Each one is hand-painted by our in-house water colourist at our atelier and we use the best silk factories in the world” founder/Creative Director Charaf Tajer tells me of the shirts which help define his sexy international vision. These motifs plays out in silks sourced from Italy, France and Morocco and appreciation of this stuff is in the genes for Tajer. The name is inspired by the city where his parents met while working at an atelier. “I’m from an architectural background, but showing the beauty of nature is really at the centre of my work, that’s what makes these so uniquely Casablanca.”
A Rio shipwreck theme for SS20 saw Casablanca’s players in exquisite long sleeve silks slashed open over singlets and jewellery, worn with fluid trousers. This is deft Latin glam-swagger. Short sleeve camp collar versions with bordered plackets worn un-tucked conjure vintage resort vibes. The length/volume and various boarder panels tip some models into luxe-overshirt/jacket fusion territory. Casablanca’s silks shirts are a perfect antidote to post-isolation dullness even if I have just run out of bleedin' Summer. See my GQ notes from when it was hot (click). Am getting involved wearing one un-tucked over a vest, even if its outside in the queue for organic visor cleanser. No doubt shall look more captain of the darts team on way Tenerife than Charaf’s Latin crew, but just to feel flash and frivolous again would be a tonic. Casablanca silk is the flag of freedom am gonna fly.
Stubbs out.