Gaâla’s Riviera Rendezvous offers a timeless yet contemporary take on the style from the French Riviera of a time before. This season, embody the sleek, cool, and understated style synonymous with the Riviera.
Gaâla’s Riviera Rendezvous Collection presents a curated collection that pays homage to this distinct era in fashion history and joie de vivre of the 50s and 60s, each piece made from upcycled viscose, silk, and linen. The collection includes everyday looks to take you from easy Sundays to apérol hour and everything in between.
Gaâla Founder, Kelly de Gaalon, was drawn to this idyllic corner of France as a key source of inspiration for the collection, drawing on the history, glamour, and zest for life reminiscent of these iconic decades. Pieces of the Riviera Rendezvous are named after awe-inspiring women of the time acting as the backdrop and driving force of influence behind the collection, women Gaâla is proud to honour through these designs.
Riviera Rendezvous also features a luxurious occasion wear edit highlighting Old Hollywood’s elegance, romance, and luxury, appropriate for a sunset sail from Le Vieux Port de Cannes or an evening rendezvous at the Hôtel Martinez.
Kelly shares, “I have always wanted to create a collection that pays homage to the women who have inspired me, where luxury and timelessness is transmitted through each garment. I am excited that our vision for the season is truly reflected in each handmade piece. It is important that each customer feels the best version of themselves through our designs, which combine time-honoured silhouettes with a contemporary flare.”
Riviera Rendezvous, for the modern woman with a vintage heart, available now at Gaala.com.
About Gaâla
Gaâla is a family-owned, slow fashion brand, committed to environmental sustainability. Founded by husband and wife duo, Kelly de Gaalon and Alexander Zhalezka, Gaâla combines French elegant design with the finest craftmanship of skilled European artisans, creating timeless and classic womenswear.
Sustainability and Upcycling
“Created for the needs of today while enabling the needs of future generations,” with this mantra in mind Gaâla is constantly adapting their way of work to become more sustainable within the circular economy.
Knowing and understanding the impact their actions have on the planet has led Gaâla to mindfully craft their designs using surplus materials from fashion houses, known as deadstock. These materials are those that are rejected from fashion houses due to overstocking or post production surplus and will often end up in landfills, Gaâla endeavours to give these beautiful materials a second life and put an end to the waste. Because of the limited nature of deadstock material, quantities are uniquely limited. Gaâla sometimes produces as few as two or three pieces in one fabric.
The Craftsmanship
Each piece is created in a small-scale European workshop where a safe and ethical work environment is provided with above average wages for each member of the team. Gaâla’s highly experienced trailers truly have a passion for their work, which is reflected in the quality of their work.
From the Founder, Kelly de Gaâlon:
When I was a girl, hand-me-downs were a way of life. I remember watching my mother sew clothes by hand and adjust existing pieces so they could be passed down to one of my eight siblings or me – the idea of taking something and making the piece my own interested me from a young age.
As an adult, I found it difficult to find high-quality clothing in classic silhouettes, at an accessible price. Having always had a passion for design, I began to sketch designs myself and eventually partnered with tailors, who gave life to my drawings and ideas. What started as a hobby quickly turned into making clothes for family and friends.
With the confidence my designs gave me and encouragement from the positive responses I received, in 2019, my husband, Alexander, and I founded Gaâla with the support of a team of talented artisans. Not wanting to add to the fashion industry’s careless consumption model, Alexander and I discovered that in many cases, luxurious fabrics used by high-end fashion houses are produced in excess and end up in landfills or incinerated. It became clear that Gaâla’s ethos would be to design timeless pieces crafted using these luxurious upcycled textiles along with other high-quality and sustainable fabrics.
We hope you wear our designs with all the love and care that went into the making of Gaâla’s Riviera Rendezvous Collection.
