Lara Dizeyee: When Fashion Becomes Memory, Resistance, and Enchantment: Destination Milan

In a world increasingly thirsty for meaning, fashion is returning to its deepest roots: identity, memory, and free expression. On the occasion of Milan Fashion Week this September 27, Kurdish designer Lara Dizeyee presents a collection that reads like a poem. “Milan Enchanted” is not just a runway show, it’s a soul-stirring journey, a declaration of existence, and a celebration of plural femininity.

An Unconventional Path: From Diplomacy to Fabric, via Oil

Born in Vienna to a Kurdish family in exile, Lara was raised in the United States, where she studied International Relations. But it was in her land of heart, that she spent the past fifteen years working in a strategic industry: oil and gas. At first glance, nothing suggested this cultured, multilingual woman, deeply attuned to the geopolitical issues of her region, would one day become a fashion designer.

And yet, from her multiple origins, Lara draws a rare narrative power that flows through every piece of her label, Lara Dizeyee Haute Couture. “For me, fashion has never been a superficial pursuit. It’s a way to rebuild, to reaffirm who we are when everything around us collapses.” Her creations don’t just revisit traditional Kurdish dress, they reinvent it, liberate it, universalize it. Clothing becomes a silent manifesto, a diplomatic tool, an ode to resilience.

From Kurdistan to Paris, A Historic Ascent

In 2023, Lara Dizeyee made history by becoming the first Kurdish designer to present a heritage-inspired collection at Paris Fashion Week. A remarkable recognition, and well deserved. Her Paris debut left a strong impression: cascading gowns, embellished capes, silhouettes sculpted from the collective memory of a people searching for light.

Now, Milan welcomes her at the iconic Palazzo Serbelloni,  a marble-clad temple of culture and power, perfectly aligned with her baroque, politically engaged sensibility. A space of legacy, elegance, and transmission.

Milan Enchanted: Between Myth and Modernity

Her new collection, aptly titled “Milan Enchanted,” evokes tales, iconic cities, and inner landscapes. Composed of 28 unique pieces, the collection unfolds like a visual novel: each outfit is a heroine, a chapter, a feeling. Luxe fabrics, flowing silks, reimagined Kurdish brocades, hand-embroidered tulles,  meet architectural silhouettes, transparency, and layered structures inspired by Milan’s neoclassical facades.

“The architecture of Milan inspired me just as much as the songs of Kurdish women,” Lara shares. “This city has an ancient elegance, a contained strength, a refinement that echoes the essence of my people: dignified, discreet, unbreakable.”

The collection pays tribute to feminine figures, real or symbolic, who shaped her imagination: silent mothers, proud exiles, young women seeking space to breathe. Each look tells their story, their grace, their right to exist.

A Rare Event: Art, Diplomacy, Emotion

Produced by Fashion Week Studio, the show will gather an audience of distinguished guests: ambassadors, public figures, patrons, and cultural leaders. Because Lara’s work goes far beyond fashion, it touches on geopolitics, cultural diplomacy, and deep-rooted women empowerment.

In addition to her role as a designer, Lara is recognized as a Cultural Ambassador of Kurdistan, a title that she embraces with fierce elegance. Through her work, she offers global visibility to Kurdish heritage, lifting it from the shadows and placing it on a stage worthy of its richness.

A Vision to Watch

Lara Dizeyee belongs to a new generation of designers who break boundaries, dissolve aesthetic divides, and infuse lifestyle with conviction. Her brand may be young, but her gaze is ancient, shaped by memory, exile, and silent prayers. She doesn’t seek to please,  she seeks to speak, to transmit, to honor.

At a time when fashion is reexamining its responsibilities and its potential to touch the essential, Lara Dizeyee offers a moving answer. She builds bridges where the world puts up walls.

---

Not to be missed: Lara Dizeyee’s show will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM at Palazzo Serbelloni, Milan. Explore her universe: laradizeyee.com

Because true fashion doesn’t just dress the body,  it dresses the soul.

By Jeanne Turpaud