“The parades they are a thing of the past, they take the ‘fashion-show’”The Spanish designer Juan Carlos Mesa told Efe, who presented this Thursday in Madrid an eclectic work inspired by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus, “the first trans person in history who expressed his desire to change his sex surgically and to dress as a woman”.
“Clothes can be seen anywhere, on the street, on screens, in stores and catwalks, but what’s cool is seeing a show with clothes that touch your soul, with which you identify”Mesa added.
And with that intention, on the first day of the Madrid spring-summer 2023 catwalk, Mesa organized a theatrical parade in which the staging of the Argentine artistic director Dani Pannullo stood out.
The figure of Heliogabalus, Roman emperor of the 3rd century AD, has inspired Mesa’s new work in which color and geometric patterns that provide freedom of movement prevail.
“Sex scandals and delusions of power were the highlights of his government”explained the designer, who assured that taking this reference more “the idea of femininity and desire” has created a new work in which volumes and drapes prevail.
Throughout forty-five outings, evening dresses were seen along with day pieces such as shirts or jackets in which applications and embroidery stand out.
fashion and crafts
Handcrafted details have been the backbone of the new work by Juan Carlos Pajares (Guadalajara, Spain, 1993) who is committed to summer and winter garments that go hand in hand through innovative designs.
“This collection is a hymn to craftsmanship”declared the designer, who has contributed his grain of sand so that “the work of the artisans does not die”.
“Not a pretentious collection”added Pajares, who has brought to his garments the typical craftsmanship of the Spanish region of Castilla-La Mancha, splashing them with details of ceramics, blown glass, hand embroidery, crochet or fabrics made on century-old looms.
Ancient techniques that Juan Carlos Pajares recovers and endows with new aesthetic codes in sophisticated garments, sexy silhouettes like a dress with more than a thousand ceramic medals that recreated the style of Paco Rabanne.
The objective of this work is to promote craftsmanship in the field of fashion, “redesign their techniques for their promotion and later conservation in future legacies, in addition to being commercial and being sold”pointed out this designer who has clients in Europe, the United States, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates.
Iron Peter
Later, the Spanish firm Pedro del Hierro took the catwalk for men’s and women’s garments that generate a dialogue between day and night clothes, as the actor Javier Rey demonstrated on the catwalk.
Nacho Aguayo and Álex Miralles, creative directors for women and men respectively, have used the color sand, sea water, pink, white and black to compose garments for events and red carpets.
Custom parts seen “for three artisans who have had creative freedom to interpret their own universe, representing it in crochet, with embroidery or with paint”Aguayo explained.
Finally, Juanjo Mánez and Paloma Álvarez, designers from the Spanish clothing firm Malne, aware of climate change, propose timeless garments that invite responsible consumption and respect for nature.
Source: Gestion
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