DESIGN BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA / HAIR AND MAKEUP BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA PHOTOS BY: LIYA KANDRASYEVA / MODEL: NIL SATICI

DESIGN BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA / HAIR AND MAKEUP BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA PHOTOS BY: LIYA KANDRASYEVA / MODEL: ILAYDA KOCAGÜL

DESIGN BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA / HAIR AND MAKEUP BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA PHOTOS BY: LIYA KANDRASYEVA / MODEL: NIL SATICA

DESIGN BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA / HAIR AND MAKEUP BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA PHOTOS BY: LIYA KANDRASYEVA / MODEL: DURIM LUTFIU

DESIGN BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA / HAIR AND MAKEUP BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA PHOTOS BY: LIYA KANDRASYEVA / MODEL: ALLAJA MEHMETI

My Main inspiration is the larger cities of Italy.

The city of Milano, which is the second largest city in Italy with almost 1.5 million inhabitants, especially inspired me a lot.

The first time I fell in love with the city was when I went to Milano as a teenager without my parents.

Since then I would say that Milano is my favorite city.

I noticed how people lived there and how close the contrasts were in the town.

Luxury and street, rich and poor so close.

Even the most expensive and famous streets can be found with graffiti on the houses even though poverty and wealth are so close, there are layers of society.

But young people especially often want to be different from where they come from.

So many come from good houses but romanticize the ghetto.

Through these, I came up with the idea to bring the opposites together in my collection. My keywords are contrary, powerful, rebellious, romantic, strong, and glamorous.

DESIGN BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA / HAIR AND MAKEUP BY: MERCEDES ALEXANDRA PHOTOS BY: LIYA KANDRASYEVA / MODEL: ILAYDA KOCGÜL