FRAQAIR, the Italian couture house of Nadia Fraqair, Milan

Incurably
beautiful

FRAQAIR black satin circle skirt swept out like a cape over a daisy print blouse and turban

The FRAQAIR woman

She is not dressed. She is composed.

Colour, light, gesture, silence. She enters a room the way an image enters memory: once, and for ever.

For ten years Nadia Fraqair has built this vision, piece by piece and image by image. FRAQAIR is not something you buy. It is someone you become.

FRAQAIR by Nadia Fraqair: green stripe ball gown with a studded leather bustier, the model holding a silver candelabra against a white stucco wall

Passerella

Milan · Paris · New York

FRAQAIR on the runway, close up: a bustier of silver, gold and blush leather flowers on chain straps over a gold sequin skirt

FRAQAIR on the runway: sage silk gown with a ruffled bodice and a high slit, the skirt flowing as she walks

FRAQAIR on the runway, close up: a metallic dress with leather flowers at the neckline, a woven chain belt and crystal earrings

FRAQAIR on the runway: gold sequin skirt under ivory and gold embroidered tulle, with a bustier of leather flowers on chain straps

FRAQAIR on the runway under the lights: sage silk gown with a ruffled bodice, a high slit and a chain necklace

FRAQAIR on the runway at fashion week: metallic dress with leather flowers and chain straps, the house name on the screen behind

Each piece is made once, by hand in Milan, for one woman.

Verde

The green of the house

FRAQAIR green stripe gown with balloon sleeves and a jewelled headpiece, a watermelon held at the shoulder in the afternoon sun

FRAQAIR green stripe gown, the model laughing as she lifts a watermelon in a doorway

FRAQAIR green stripe sleeves and jewelled headpiece, the model leaning forward with a watermelon

FRAQAIR jewelled feather headpiece and green stripe sleeves, the model looking up with her hand at her neck

The founder

Nadia Fraqair

Nadia studied fashion design at Istituto Marangoni in Milan. For ten years she has shown her collections at Milan, Paris and New York Fashion Weeks, and created every image of the house herself, as designer, photographer and art director.

The dress is the beginning. The image is what remains.

Meet Nadia

III

Margherita

A crown of daisies

FRAQAIR daisy print blouse and turban with a black satin circle skirt held wide, on the steps of a cream colonnaded building

FRAQAIR daisy print blouse and turban with a black skirt and wide leather belt, at a white balustrade with yellow gerberas

FRAQAIR daisy print blouse and turban, reclining against a carved column with yellow gerberas across the skirt

FRAQAIR daisy print blouse and turban with a black satin circle skirt, seated on the steps with yellow gerberas

Archivio

Where it began

FRAQAIR silver jacket and green stripe skirt, posed before a tall window over terracotta rooftops

FRAQAIR metallic ball skirt flying out from a white ladder, with a white bustier on chain straps

FRAQAIR lilac wool coat with a gold zip, open over a metallic mosaic dress

La Villa

An afternoon that never ends

FRAQAIR campaign on a villa terrace with bougainvillea: a metallic gown on a gilded chair, a black lace gown and a green stripe gown

La Sposa

Bridal couture between Milan and Lake Como

Nadia Fraqair in Aria, the FRAQAIR silk chiffon wedding dress with rosette bodice, its cape flying in the wind on a pier on Lake Como in the sun

Hand-worked silk rosette on the shoulder of a FRAQAIR gown, with Lake Como glittering in the sun behind

The bride

Silk woven in Como, roses shaped by hand

FRAQAIR wedding dresses are cut in Milan for one bride, from silk woven on the lake, and delivered to her wedding wherever in the world it takes place.

Discover bridal couture How it works

Portrait in a FRAQAIR jewelled green headpiece with feathers, both hands raised to it like a crown

By private appointment

Become a FRAQAIR woman

In Milan, or by video wherever you are.

Letters from the house

Rarely, and only when there is something beautiful to share.

FRAQAIR · Milano