Chkhikvadze’s design aesthetic “pays tribute to the female form.” The fluid and almost ethereal lines in her collection reflect her belief in the “flexibility hidden in a female silhouette.” Rippling lengths of fabric and extended hemlines elongate the body. From a postmodernist perspective, Chkhikvadze believes that contemporary fashion recontextualizes past trends. With Rick Owens, Christian Dior and Prada as her favourite designers, it’s no wonder her designs “come under the influence of the past by finding inspiration from it.”
Chkhikvadze was educated in Georgia’s capital at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, and sees her success as a product of her 2010 catwalk show presented at Georgia Fashion Week. “It was due to the Fashion Week in 2010 that I got an offer from TRANOI to open a showroom in Paris,” says Chkhikvadze, who will be showing her autumn/winter 2012 collection during Paris Fashion Week at the TRANOI exhibition on Avenue Montaigne. “As a result, I received clothing orders from clients from many countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Italy.”