ABOUT
dil | ara (persian: دل آرا-دلارا)
ara – suffix, coming from the persian verb araidan (آراییدن) meaning adorner, beautifier, and embellisher
DILARA YAR DESIRES TO ROMANTICIZE OUR END OF DAYS; WITH AN ANTHROPOCENIC APPROACH TO DESIGN AND A CONCENTRATION ON SUSTAINABILITY BY RESURRECTING DEADSTOCK FABRICS
AND EMBELLISHING FASHION WITH THE FOUND MATERIALS
SHE COLLECTS ALONG THE WAY.
THE BODY SERVES AS CANVAS TO WHICH DILARA ADORNS; EXPLORING HEDONISM AND SENSUAL FEMININITY IN A HARSH ENVIRONMENT — A PHYSICAL DISCOURSE ARCHIVING OUR PRESENT DISPOSITION, INFORMED BY THE TENSION ADMIST THE PAST IN ANTICIPATION OF A FUTURE UNFORESEEN.
DILARA IS INSPIRED BY HER TURKISH HERITAGE AND AMERICAN UPBRINGING; GROWING UP AMONGST JUXTAPOSITION — CITY AND NATURE, TRADITIONAL VERSUS MODERN. OFTEN DRAWING INFLUENCE FROM HER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE URBAN UNDERGROUND AND CONVEYED THROUGH A SUBCULTURAL LENSE, DILARA’S IDEAS ARE EXPRESSED BY TEXTILE, PRINT, SILHOUETTE AND STORYTELLING UTILIZING ORNAMENTATION AND MANIPULATION WHICH IS THE ETHOS OF HER UNIQUE AESTHETIC.
AND EMBELLISHING FASHION WITH THE FOUND MATERIALS
SHE COLLECTS ALONG THE WAY.
THE BODY SERVES AS CANVAS TO WHICH DILARA ADORNS; EXPLORING HEDONISM AND SENSUAL FEMININITY IN A HARSH ENVIRONMENT — A PHYSICAL DISCOURSE ARCHIVING OUR PRESENT DISPOSITION, INFORMED BY THE TENSION ADMIST THE PAST IN ANTICIPATION OF A FUTURE UNFORESEEN.
DILARA IS INSPIRED BY HER TURKISH HERITAGE AND AMERICAN UPBRINGING; GROWING UP AMONGST JUXTAPOSITION — CITY AND NATURE, TRADITIONAL VERSUS MODERN. OFTEN DRAWING INFLUENCE FROM HER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE URBAN UNDERGROUND AND CONVEYED THROUGH A SUBCULTURAL LENSE, DILARA’S IDEAS ARE EXPRESSED BY TEXTILE, PRINT, SILHOUETTE AND STORYTELLING UTILIZING ORNAMENTATION AND MANIPULATION WHICH IS THE ETHOS OF HER UNIQUE AESTHETIC.
DILARA YAR IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AMERICAN ARTIST AND DESIGNER. OF COSTA RICAN AND TURKISH DESCENT, BORN IN FLORIDA AND RAISED IN NEW YORK WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY BASED. IN 2022 DILARA GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN WITH A BFA IN FASHION DESIGN AND SUBSEQUENTLY, FOUNDED HER NAMESAKE BRAND.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, DILARA GAINED INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR BRANDS SUCH AS THE ROW, INTERIOR AND MOST RECENTLY, COLLINA STRADA IN DESIGN, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ROLES.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, DILARA GAINED INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR BRANDS SUCH AS THE ROW, INTERIOR AND MOST RECENTLY, COLLINA STRADA IN DESIGN, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ROLES.
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