Ronsard’s poetry served as the greatest inspiration for the Matereza brand, as it provides for us an idyllic vision of fragility combined together with ethereal and precious beauty. Silk, satin, and tulle are all decorated with hand-cut flowers. We follow the flowering stage of the flower woman, from water green to black, from white to red.
Sweetheart, let’s see if the rose
That this morning had open
Her crimson dress to the Sun,
This evening hasn’t lost
The folds of her crimson dress,
And her complexion similar to yours.
Ah! See how in such short space
My sweetheart, she has on this very spot
All her beauties lost!
O, so un-motherly Nature,
Since such a beautiful flower
Only last from dawn to dusk!
So if you believe me, my sweetheart, While time still flowers for you,
In its freshest novelty,
Do take advantage of your youthful bloom:
As it did to this flower, the doom
Of age will blight your beauty.
CREDITS
Photographer: Greg Alexander
Art Direction: Sebastien Vienne
Production: Méphistophélès