MARÍA LAFUENTE presents her new collection for the fall-winter 2024/2025 season titled ´ĀTMAN´ at the Ateneo de Madrid within the Off fashion shows of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid. The fashion designer is inspired by this term, which in Sanskrit means soul, creating a dialogue between fashion and the immutable essence of whoever wears each design.
The creator, from Asturias, proposes a collection in which the fabrics speak of sustainability and art, such as Tencel from Textil Santanderina, a natural fabric created from eucalyptus wood pulp, which is combined with embroidery enriched with stones and ornaments, flowers of merino wool handcrafted by the León Spinning School and the firm's iconic tulle. For the accessories’ design, the designer has collaborated with textile biologist Yunaria Méndez, who has created a biomaterial with mussel shell. The color palette is made up of earth tones joined by black, beige, nude, red and delicate pink.
Faithful to her cooperation philosophy with different innovative initiatives, María Lafuente once again has enjoyed various collaborators with the purpose of creating value through these alliances. Together with PEFC, she seeks to raise awareness in the fashion industry of the importance of using fabrics from forests with certified sustainable origin. Likewise, she collaborates with SIGNUS, a pioneer in the reuse of tires in Spain, and with El Corte Inglés, in a project where she transcends the borders of gender, deconstructing classic masculine tailoring and charging it with femininity.
