WANDERING მოხეტიალე
Cat McQueen, in conversation with Likuna & Eka Darsavelidze @_cat_mcqueen_ @likunalb @ekaadarsavelidze
Wandering is a collaborative exploration of place, material, and process. Shot in the shifting summer light of Hualing Park on the edge of the Tbilisi Sea, the project brings together the work of designer Likuna and photographer Eka Darsavelidze. Emerging from conversations around making, sustainability, and the relationship between fashion and place, the collection is presented as a temporary installation within the landscape, creating a setting that reflects the handmade and organic nature of Wondrous Wanderer.
Using discarded fabrics sourced locally around Tbilisi, Likuna transforms existing materials into one-off bags, each with its own character and name. The fabrics often come from people close to her, from family and friends, as well as old shops around the city. Their previous lives remain part of the process, carrying memories and histories into something new.
“My process was never led without curiosity and wandering,” she says. “The play in the creative process always brings me results that are unique.” For Likuna, the satisfaction comes from “breathing new life into old, neglected pieces” and finding new possibilities within materials that might otherwise be discarded.
Sustainability is central to Wondrous Wanderer, but it extends beyond the materials themselves. The brand reflects a slower, more considered approach to fashion rooted in curiosity, play, and reinvention, built around handmade processes, individual pieces and a deeper relationship between maker, object, and wearer.
“The deep connection that I have to the modern culture of Tbilisi is unmistakably fused into the process,” Likuna says. She describes the joy of hearing people interpret the small details they notice in their bags and the meanings they attach to them. “It’s as if they themselves co-create it.” For Likuna, the future of fashion is “slower and slower, passion driven, rooted in the playful process.”
Eka’s photography is “deeply rooted in organic storytelling.” Working with natural light and an intimate, cinematic atmosphere, she is drawn to “the human connection to the environment” and creating images that feel “intimate, grounded, and slightly poetic.” Her photographs embrace texture and spontaneity, allowing the atmosphere of a place to become part of the story.
That connection to place is especially important in Tbilisi, a city that continues to shape both artists’ practices. “My work has been deeply shaped by Georgian art,” Eka says. She describes being surrounded by “so many incredibly talented, interesting artists,” while the city’s old neighbourhoods, people and everyday life continue to influence her work. “The creative scene here feels special because it’s deeply authentic.”
Cat McQueen, Creative Direction, Makeup, Production @_cat_mcqueen_
Eka Darsavelidze, Creative Direction, Photgraphy @ekaadarsavelidze
Wondrous Wanderer by Likuna, Designer @w.w.wondrous
Likuna, Styling @likunalb
David Kopaliani, Model @ya_daweed
Elisabeth Maisuradze, Model @__eliosabeth__
Shot at Hualing Park, Tbilisi, Georgia.