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Style inspiration: Shirin Guild in Archivist magazine

— by Alyson Walsh

Vivien Solaris, archivist-800w

I’ve never really been one for voluminous, cross-cultural dressing –  the kind of thing you find at the back of the third floor at Liberty – but this wonderful Shirin Guild shoot for Archivist magazine feels incredibly modern. Featuring clothes from the designer’s personal archive (modelled by Vivien Solari), it feels so right just now. Guild grew up in Tehran and has lived in London since the 1980s, launching her eponymous label in 1991. Within the space of six years, it was the best-selling collection at Liberty – and now, over 20-years later, I’ve finally come round to this look. ‘ I have always been a kind of minimal person. I like simple things,’ the designer says in a rare interview for Archivist,’ I used to wear pants, men’s watches, ride a man’s bike – everything was a boy’s thing. I wear everything in a masculine way. Maybe it’s cultural but I find clothes that cover the body to be much more elegant.’

Shirin Guild-800w

‘Guild’s designs are never really in fashion, so they never fall out of it,’ points out Archivist editor Dal Chodha. ‘This style of dress, I think it’s really important. I understand that it’s dramatic but it doesn’t shout. I worry about wearing clothes that speak on my behalf.’

Vivien solaris in Shirin-800w

Vivien Solaris, Shirin-800w

Archivist is available at Antenne Books HERE and also in Mouki Mou.Read the full interview HERE.
Photographs: Joachim Muller Ruchholtz, styling: Jane Howard, model: Vivien Solari.
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