Tahitian lover
Spring/Summer 2006 sees Spijkers en Spijkers designers Truus and Riet Spijkers look again to the art world for their collections inspiration. Following the lead of last seasons muse, the twins have looked to Paul Gauguin and more importantly his young Tahitian lover. This combined with influences from the Christiane F. film ‘Wir kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo’, produces the collections muse, a fusion of these young women, linked by their provocative innocence.
The collection echoes the words of Paul Gauguin in a letter to his wife in 1890 where he wrote; ‘May the day come (and perhaps soon) when I can retreat to the woods of an island in Oceania, to live there in ecstasy, in tranquility, and for art. Surrounded by a new family, far from this European pursuit of wealth. There in Tahiti I could, in the silence of beautiful tropical nights, hear the sweet murmuring music of my heart beating in loving harmony with the mysterious beings of my surroundings. Free at last, with no thought of money, to love, sing, and die.’ The romanticism of these comments is not lost in the collection, with geometrically pieced dresses in satin silks, crepe and chiffon pleated and cut just below the knee whilst cropped mannish tailering ,pleated panels and details in tops, dresses, trousers and skirts are taken from the Victorian props in Gauguins paintings.