The introduction for Damir Doma’s most recent show in Paris, which featured the new models of the MYKITA / Damir Doma collaboration: VIVIEN and RITA, succeeds to describe what we saw on the catwalk.

Backstage at Damir Doma SS14 by Adam Katz Sinding

"A heatwave wafts through the brutal concrete halls, encroaching upon the fragile, vast, tropical, cloying. The primal instinct is to shed, reduce, retract – rigid planes converge on a common frame, finding fluidity in the feminine, crisp structures cocoon, cradle and release."

Take a peek behind the scenes and get a feeling of how it’s to be backstage in those last moments before the show with the photos in the slideshow.