Visual Magic
Visual Conversation in Magical Realism by Tata Christiane x Valquire Veljkovic
Photography by Valquire Veljkovic
Collection: Magical Realism by Tata Christiane
In this special editorial collaboration, Tata Christiane partners with Berlin-based photographer Valquire Veljkovic to create a captivating visual dialogue around the latest collection, Magical Realism. Drawing inspiration from One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, this series goes beyond fashion to become a poetic exploration of perception, time, and identity.
Visual Magic … A Fashion Fiction Brought to Life
The collection blurs the boundary between reality and fantasy, using garments as narrative tools. Influenced by the Latin American literary genre coined by Gabriel García Márquez and earlier defined by Franz Roh, Magical Realism in this context is not simply a theme—it’s a mode of existence. The looks echo a place where history is cyclical, where the marvellous is mundane, and where each stitch tells a story.
The collaboration between Tata Christiane and Valquire Veljkovic, known for his emotional and layered photography, elevates this vision. Together, they have created an editorial that reads like visual poetry, where the garments become ghostly, performative, and timeless.
Visual Magic … Photography as Portal
Shot in painterly hues of gold, velvet green, and theatrical red, Veljkovic’s photos immerse the viewer in a suspended reality. His technique—blending analog texture with digital surrealism—makes each image feel like a moving memory. Faces double, poses dissolve, and models float as though captured mid-reverie.
This aesthetic aligns with the collection’s design approach: unique garments composed of deadstock fabrics, intricate crochet textures, hand-made feather details, and a celebration of material play. Each piece becomes a character in an ever-shifting story.
Visual Magic … Editorial as Theatre
The editorial unfolds like a play in multiple acts. In one image, a model levitates, wrapped in golden silk and feathers. In another, a crocheted shawl radiates like a halo. Costumes become personas—mysterious, divine, melancholic. They evoke carnivals, dreams, domestic memories, and political acts. Veljkovic captures not only the form, but the emotion, the irony, the spirit of each creation.
Together, the designer and the photographer ask: What does it mean to wear a story?
And more importantly: Who are we when we clothe ourselves in myth?
Visual Magic … A Celebration of Slowness and Imagination
This editorial is also a statement of sustainability and artistic independence. It champions slow fashion, upcycling, and emotionally resonant design. In resisting mass production and trend dependency, each garment stands as a testament to creative freedom and ethical storytelling.
By collaborating with a visionary like Valquire Veljkovic, Tata Christiane continues to explore the boundaries between fashion, fine art, and fiction.
Visual Magic … Enter the Story
This editorial is not just a lookbook—it’s an invitation to dream. A call to imagine new selves. A permission to blur the lines between the real and the unreal.
Magical Realism is not only the name of this collection—it is a manifesto for the future of fashion. One where meaning matters, where beauty carries memory, and where every garment is both armor and poem.
✨ Explore more:
🔗 Magical Realism Volume 2 by Tata Christiane
🔗Magical realism Volume 1 by Tata Christiane
📸 Photography by Valquire Veljkovic
🌿 What is Deadstock Fabric?
📖 Learn about Magical Realism
