For Better & For Worse
For BOKJA’s SS24 collection, For Better & For Worse, founders Huda and Maria returned to the brand’s rich, thematic roots. Reflecting on the nomenclature of ‘BOKJA’ – a bride’s trousseau or dowry – the designers re-entered the storied period of the brand’s origins 20 years ago. It was a time when the pair upholstered late modern furniture found in post-war Beirut flea markets, using trousseau heritage textiles and garments collected through various trips around Central Asia, all while embarking on frenzied chapters and relationships of their own. Now, two decades after the fact, they’ve re-emerged with eyes wide open to the humour, heartbreak, transient and indelible ecstasy of love and relationships of all kinds.
For Better & For Worse is an entrance and exit to love. Less about the stages and chronology of traditional marriage and more about the stages of exploring our relationship with self and others, the collection is an inquiry into personal choice and satisfaction. (A visual journey, too.)
For Better & For Worse is an entrance and exit to love. Less about the stages and chronology of traditional marriage and more about the stages of exploring our relationship with self and others, the collection is an inquiry into personal choice and satisfaction. (A visual journey, too.)
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