Pälïlä

PÄLÏLÄ is a new editorial from fashion print designer Mona Cordes. PÄLÏLÄ means free spirit in French Polynesia, ready to soar through the world with grace and beauty ~ influence is taken from Mona’s travels there and nature’s inspiration, with the main symbol being the spiral. Curled ferns in deep rainforests, mosquito incense repellent and spirals in Polynesian tattoo art. Animals are spiralling into themselves for their protection, like snails or snakes.

The symbol of the spiral is highly dominant and universal. It is an open-ended symbol, and its form is visually pleasing and calming. Although it can also mean spiralling within your thoughts like in a labyrinth.

Spirals are often sighted In Māori and Polynesian societies in the Pacific. The Polynesian word Koru is a Māori word meaning folded, coiled, used in tattooing, and it is used to identify the unfolding fern. The fern symbol stands for the continuity of life. The symbol of the sun surrounding the major koru is added as a wish for positivity for a great change and a new start. Nature’s beauty and Polynesian pattern let Cordes’ mind and body open up and begin to bloom intensely. Inspirations for ‘PÄLÏLÄ’ were forming.

All images: Rocket K Weijers

Credits:

Stylist + Creative director +
Producer ~ Mona Cordes
Photographer ~ Rocket K Weijers @rocketkweijers
MUA + Hair ~ Carly Lim @carlylim_makeup
Muses ~ Bailey Thomas @xxbaileythomasxx + Seren @uglyseren + Lin @linhau + @alien.angel