Allegory of Death
The Maria Kulieva brand can show you how to be naked wearing clothes.
House manifesto · est. 2019 · Kharkiv
Maria Kulieva creates clothing for people who are ready to be seen — not only as they appear, but as they truly desire to be.
To us, being naked does not necessarily mean being undressed. It means becoming emotionally, sexually and creatively open. Our garments exist between clothing and revelation. They can protect and expose, restrain and liberate, provoke and comfort.
We do not dress bodies to conceal them. We dress bodies so they can speak.
Kharkiv is not simply where we work. It is present in our silhouettes, our contradictions and our understanding of beauty — a city of monumental structures and intimate underground lives, where fragility and defiance exist beside one another.
In a city forced to live beside death, desire becomes evidence of life.
At the centre of this evolution is a new exploration of the male body: dresses, corsets and costumes cut for men, taking forms traditionally associated with femininity and allowing them to reveal different expressions of masculine beauty, vulnerability, sensuality and power.
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Occasional letters: new collections, shows, and pieces released in small numbers.