Close your eyes
Close your eyes for a second. Imagine a place where you can feel, see, smell, hear and touch freely, without any limits. A place where all your senses are awakened in a sensory orgy. Where your soul becomes one with the stars. Now, open your eyes. Pack your bag. We’re going to an outdoor festival.
Exactly 30 years ago, during the booming club scene of the late 80s and early 90s, my brand marlies|dekkers was born. To this day, I am inspired by the freedom, joy and radical self-acceptance I experienced in those dark, throbbing clubs. You can imagine how much I love festivals like Burning Man. They bring that same energy into the light, exposing it to the elements: the scorching sun, the dust, the desert sky. And of course the fires, the same ones that gave Burning Man its name. Awakening all your senses at once, the flames stoke your imagination, urging you to be shameless in your self-expression. Want to look like a neon goddess, a slutty angel or go gloriously butt naked? Go ahead; create art, be art! Yes, they will all be ashes soon – the crazy art installations, the outlandish costumes, the entire Black Rock City – but you’re in the here and now, living, breathing, dancing, making love. Together. Carpe diem! Afterwards, you look up at the starry sky, inhaling the desert scent, feeling the night air on your skin. And you realize that even though the festival is gone without a trace, it’s still there. Burning within you.
With the Festival edition of my Awaken Your Senses collections, I want to share this fire with you. Can you hear the desert calling? It’s time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of marlies|dekkers together. To celebrate you. Let’s dance and fan the flames of our desires. Let’s get shamelessly sensual. We don’t need permission to express ourselves. The sun, moon and stars are our lovers. Excuse us while we kiss the sky.
