Aurelia Gil has walked the runway for the second consecutive year at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid presenting her new collection “Tiempo” for next spring-summer 2024. Inspired by the work “The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dalí, the fashion designer continues to focus on researching local crafts from the Canary archipelago and consolidates her commitment to sustainability.
The collection is made up of feminine silhouettes created with fabrics such as silk, lamé and brocade, which coexist with lycra, denim and cotton. At a chromatic level, taking the colors represented in the artist’s, from Figueres, paintings, the looks are bathed in earth tones, pinks, indigos and black.
“Tiempo” highlights the value of craftsmanship through crochet woven with lycra yarn developed in the Canarian designer’s own atelier together with Eloísa Pascual; through Canarian fretwork made by the Colectivo de Caladoras de Ingenio which is present in pieces previously bleached organically in collaboration with Nathalie Leturcq; earrings and accessories made by hand by Marisa Velázquez and through the footwear that combines leather and wood handcrafted by Raquel Hammerhoj.
Additionally, “Tiempo” includes a capsule collection of four swimwear looks in collaboration with designer Juanjo Oliva, consisting of two bikinis and two swimsuits. This capsule is inspired by the designer’s play of color and his characteristic shapes, while the silhouettes outline Aurelia Gil’s signature hallmark.
