What is Fashion Week Like for an Electronica Singer? Dalal Bruchmann Discovers Commonalities with Designers
On the Nolcha Shows red carpet, a certain doe-eyed blonde was hard to miss. Truth is, fashion doesn’t favor blonde bombshells as much these days, but the Kardashian-Jenner era doesn’t deter Dalal Bruchmann from making a statement during New York Fashion Week.
The Austrian pop-electronica singer styled herself from wardrobe to hair and makeup and switched outfits often. Wearing a red Trina Turk dress to one show and a Chris Barreto art-print kaftan to another, she displayed a pretty versatile range for someone who admits fashion is her weakness.
“My mom always says I have no style,” laughed Bruchmann. Currently based in Los Angeles, she came to her first New York Fashion Week pursuing a crash-course in fashion.
“All I do is t-shirts and leggings pretty much,” she said. “So it’s always great to come here see all these amazing artists.”
Bruchmann appreciated the hard work every designer puts into their collections. “There’s a lot of sweat and tears, for three to ten minutes of walking, people judging you along the way down.”
As a musician, she knows what it’s like for these designers to sacrifice all their time and face the many voices of critique surrounding them. Two years ago, Bruchmann landed in the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning, forced to take a break from her music for eight months.
“All my projects completely backfired because of that,” she said.
But she found hope in her first source — classical music. As a young girl, she played violin and piano in an orchestra and later pursued musical theater.
“I think that was one of the best things that could have happened to me in hindsight,” she said.
Going back to her roots taught her to silence the labels and managers who advised her to pick one genre and stick with it. “I just won’t compromise anymore,” she said. “I want to do both and I’ll find a way to connect them somehow.”
She didn’t stop at pop and classical either. Bruchmann ventured into film scoring and composed music for the 2015 documentary “HAIR,” along with Nate “Impact” Jolley. Their credit song, “Superman,” was released as a single and nominated for Best Song for a Documentary at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
“I just won’t compromise anymore. I want to do both and I’ll find a way to connect them somehow.”
Even on the mornings she wishes to stay in bed, Bruchmann’s love of music pulls her back into the studio. “You wake up in the morning and you can’t think of doing anything else,” she said. “It will destroy your heart should you not be able to pursue that anymore.”
Bruchmann will be releasing a classical album this year and a pop album next year. Otherwise, she’s a reformed planner.
“Either [planning] doesn’t meet the expectations or it goes in a completely different way,” she said. “I just want to enjoy the moment and then do my work…hopefully that’s going to create a good picture after some years.”
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