"I started getting ideas for the film about girls swirling around in a whirlwind,” Vivanco says of the project, which was inspired by Swarovski, whose ongoing mission it is to "beautify and enrich" the world with "allegories of light and crystal" that are all about facets, depth, radiance and reflection. These invite the wearer into another world of inspiration, and one can see how The Three Graces represent the creativity reflected in the different facets of such a crystal, shedding different lights on our lives, and encouraging one to take a more poetic perspective on life.

"The Three Graces usually have long, flowing, crazy hair, but on the day, one of the models came into the studio with a really tiny bob," laughs Vivanco. "Luckily the hairdresser had some hairpieces that we managed to glue onto her head. Young designer James Millar made their dresses out of random lingerie and expensive silks, and we stuck CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements all over the girls, their nails, and the frocks. We even put them on curtains that were draped in front of the camera as we were filming. I decided to rip up the dresses during the final scene of the shoot. That was really kind of heartbreaking, but it was all in the name of art!"



Dazed were given exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the making of the film:




A STATE OF GRACE WILL PREMIERE HERE ON DAZED DIGITAL AND ON www.SwarovskiSparkles.tv on the 19th September