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Collection by GK
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Corset & Skirt Duo — photographed by Guzal
(About)
I make garments that keep two lives at once — a chapan that becomes a dress, a corset laced like a ship at its mooring, a suit cut to answer the sea. Rooted in Uzbek adras, tailored with naval precision.
Guzal Kudratkhujaevea is a fashion designer, art director and photographer. Trained at Anor Fashion School, she has worked backstage at Uzbekistan Fashion Week and the J.Kim × Anton Belinskiy show — and directs and shoots her own collections.
The atelierWool · shears · ribbon
Chapter I — Collection by GK
Through hardship, to the stars. A first collection built from the sea, the naval academy and the adras of home — navy wool, silver satin, ikat silk and white ribbon tied like mooring rope.
Palette
01 Sea
02 Pinstripe wool
03 Adras ikat
04 Lacquer
(Sketches)
01Corset & Satin Skirt Duo
0218th Birthday Dress
03Mursak Chapan & Satin Skirt
The Mursak is one of the most common forms of the Uzbek chapan — and this one, cut from the hand-dyed ikat silk called adras, is the first garment I ever sewed. It is where I learned the sewing machine.
To prepare the fabric I stitched every 0.5 cm across it. The black satin skirt answers the sheen of the adras, and the piece lives two ways: worn as a jacket over the skirt, or alone as a dress.
A matching dress and a vest-and-skirt outfit in navy and white houndstooth. They look identical at a glance — but each has its own construction, its own buttons, its own character.
ProcessPattern · cut · fit
Inspired by naval academy uniforms and the sea. Navy for the water, grey for the clouded sky. The corset has three mooring points — two at the front, one at the back — and white ribbons lace it together like rope.
For the corset I chose a fabric with small shimmering reflections; for the skirt, a classic grey satin.
Design, art direction & photography — @guzal.arts
Model — @efsuunozturk
Jewelry — @elf.corp
Studio — @21vstudio
ProcessPattern · cut · fit
A three-piece suit with a vest, cut from navy pinstripe suiting with pockets. Bright, oversized round buttons contrast against the lines; the large collar and the cutting pattern are entirely my own.
ProcessPattern · cut · fit
Designed and sewn in a single week for my eighteenth birthday. Three layers — lining, satin and chiffon, my favourite fabrics. The shoulders can be worn two ways, changed to suit comfort and mood.
ProcessPattern · cut · fit
Chapter II — Shooting process
Besides designing and sewing, I photograph. Through fashion school I worked collection shoots as backstage photographer, dresser and assistant — until my teacher encouraged me to become the photographer and art director of my own.
Biggest inspiration: Turkish photographer Koray Birand.
The team were my friends — not models, not assistants. We met before the shoot, tried every look on every person, talked through poses and studied the Pinterest board together.
On the day I built a physical moodboard to guide us: camera, clothes, hair, make-up, one last brainstorm — then into the studio, all together.
Chapter III
Watercolour, acrylic, ink and graphite — the studio practice behind the clothes, where colour and silhouette are tested first.
The joy of being a woman, in vibrant and bright colour.
A runway dress from the mushroom: folded cap in a voluminous skirt, a plain stem in the bodice.
Chapter IV
