Wadih Hadchity
Boring Afternoon
In Boring Afternoon, Wadih Hadchity returns to the suspended stillness of his hometown, Deir El Ahmar. Drawing on rural nostalgia and childhood memories, the collection explores afternoons when time seemed to stand still, tracing how a familiar landscape becomes part of an inner world. Geometric grids and distorted patterns bring the order of the physical environment into contact with the shifting impressions of memory.
Custom silkscreen prints, gingham, and linear textiles translate the landscape into grid systems. Topographical pleating follows these lines like the contours of an elevation map, lifting flat surfaces into three-dimensional forms. Patterns align across seams, maintaining continuity through the garments, while controlled draping bends and softens their geometry. The tension between rigid lines and organic volume reflects how places change in recollection.
Cotton, wool, and linen blends provide varied texture and structure through gingham, plaid, and poplin. A muted palette of yellow, blue, brown, purple, white, and red carries the atmosphere of the collection. Through tailoring, pleating, and subtle distortion, Boring Afternoon gives shape to the lingering relationship between a place, the time spent there, and the person who remembers it.
Fabrics:
Cotton, wool-acrylic blend, cotton sateen, poplin.
Color Palette:
Muted blue, yellow, red, white, brown, purple.
Techniques:
Pleating, draping, tailoring.
Photography: Hady Afif
Creative Direction: Sonia Melkisetian
Makeup: Jihan Azzam
Models: Luna Ibrahim