Created in part for the new show starring elle magazine creative director Joe Zee called All on the Line, this new luxe range from Layla L’obatti for BTS is sure to turn heads and take the lingerie world by… sand storm? In her own words, designer Layla L’obatti reveals her inspiration behind the new collection:
I wanted to call upon my dueling cultural backgrounds with this latest collection, to play a subtle dance between eastern and western influences, and to tell a story of romance and intrigue that could cross borders and still read as timeless and exquisitely beautiful.
I was captivated by this lace with a lovely dancing black line in it that reminded me of the inside of a Persian palace I visited as a child. I continue to be inspired the drape, movement, and fluidity of silk and it just fits in with the luxury range, so from my western side I continued to delve into the idea of dance and one of the most difficult moves being arabesque, it hit me that this name would be the perfect marriage of the two concepts. Arabesque also happens to describe the types of designs depicting flora in middle eastern architecture. I kept these architectural details in mind with artful miters of lace mimicing the eaves of those palaces and iconic structures on that youthful trip to the middle east. I did branch out with the addition of stretch velvet details as well as a printed microfiber set which adds a totally new and different kind of texture to this collection.
This collection was designed in part for an upcoming reality show, so I can’t reveal all the details and images just yet. So stay tuned for more updates (and possibly a teaser video?) Our episode airs April 19th at 10pm on Sundance Channel and will be available on iTunes if you don’t receive Sundance.
xo
Layla
