HALIMA CARDAMONE BLOOMING BETWEEN TWO CULTURES
"I am designing for keeping my roots, origins and identity alive " Halima Cardamone
The KISS YOUR DREAMS designer , young hope of the Italian fashion industry has just finished her very first collection , with mixed feelings, mixed symbols but a very clear style combination of classic and modern, feminine and extravagant, speaking about her Morrocan origins from her mother's ancestors and Napolitano passionate roots from her father's side - flamboyant young lady with a strong personal identity ready to conquest her own doubts , emotions, sensitive questions in the form of TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
HALIMA CARDAMONE couldn't be other than her parents child , gifted with the same huge artistic talent.
Daughter of the well known Beauty advisor, wellness and yoga specialist Bahija Belahmira of Casablanca and Pasquale Cardamone , celebrity hair dresser vero Napolitano, both official partners of numerous fashion and Beauty events frequently invited at the milanese , napolitan catwolk , international shows, spectacles or cultural events. Bahija has a huge portfolio and visit card well knowned in the industry as the Maestra of Visages. Under her magical palette she has names as the Artist Storm of Pink Martini and together with her spouse Pasqualino Cardamone have been part of the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show at the magical and prestigious Porto Santa Lucia.
Like father like son : Othman Cardamone, their son owner of OFFICINA SALON in Napoli is a hair dresser having the same passion like his father - to create new images, shapes, lights, shades, forms developing his own working style. Othman emphasizes that hair styling is a form of Art exactly like paintings, music or fashion design. He doesn't see himself as a hair dresser but as an artist of the new wave of the Coiffeur industry.
With such a family around her, what else could be the young enthusiastic HALIMA CARDAMONE?
Freshly gradued from Academy of Fashion in Napoli with Master Diploma absolved in Rome. IUAD ACCADEMIA DELLA MODA, Halima has a weakness for the natural elements. She has created, designed and produced her first collection in pure black leather , fine, delicate, very much elegant with this kind of " Italian touch " reminding me of Armani or Valentino at young age. The 25 years old Halima is calling her capsule collection DERACINE' saying that her own questions about her personal, individual, existential doubts were leading her to this name. It is dedicated to her Arab African heritage and Italian heritage in the same time.
With her fashion collection - while designing and thinking about past, present, future, choices, desires, family, doubts, emotional breakdowns and instability - she was finding her own SELF. Her creativity it may be born in doubts and shadows but for sure the same powerful creativity and huge talent are giving her huge wings to rise high beyond her own dreams, desires or expectations.
KISS YOUR DREAMS represents her own attitude to keep her wishes and visions alive.
HALIMA CARDAMONE, beautiful and charming same her exotically flavored name is blooming despite all complications and difficulty of the dayly life , like a flower middle of the desert gifted with the joy of a canzone napolitano and the strong will , courage and brave heart typical to her young age generation.
DERACINE' by HALIMA CARDAMONE IS ALL ABOUT BEING PROUD OF OWN IDENTITY.
ARTICLE by DR. MONICA MERGIU
Founder of Royal Arts Visions publication
Writer of German Union of Writers
Member of the United Nations Women Germany
Member of the International Federation of Journalists
HALIMA CARDAMONE