The Galician designer Maria Barros was in charge of opening the second day of fashion shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, on a day during which have also submitted their proposals Ailanto, Francis Montesinos, Angel Schlesser, Teresa Helbig Juana Martín and Roberto Torretta. The designers have sought out their own experience, the starting point, carrying out a retrospective exercise that highlights the best of their work. The result: very personal collections for next Fall-Winter.
Maria Barros presents her dream world through garments inspired by Surrealism. The asymmetric volumes in the necklines replenish with personality the pieces by the designer, who chooses to tint winter with intense colouring opting for natural fabrics such as wool or silk.
Ailanto draws on botany as a starting point and presents a collection filled with butterflies and vegetable prints. Iñaki and Aitor Muñoz pledge on a copious repertoire of outer wear featuring volume.
Exoticism is the key to Francis Montesinos proposals for next Fall-Winter. Peacock feathers prints and the colour blue, as the starring colour, are pivotal in garments made in rich fabrics such as velvet and silk.
Angel Schlesser is committed to sobriety. Silhouettes very slightly in evasé are combined with ample volumes resulting in a casual and contemporary collection where black and white outstand as the perfect combination, meanwhile orange puts the discordant tone in the creations for the evening by the designer.
The swans, described literally by Truman Capote, women of the jet-set during the 60’s and 70’s, are the ideal which inspires Teresa Helbig. Garments with an air from the seventies, embroidered studs and kaleidoscopic decorations are the key for the Helbig winter, revealing her penchant for artisan couture.
Reinventing without losing the essence, that is the main rule of NEO, Juana Martin’s proposal for the upcoming winter. Simplicity is the key in a collection made entirely in black and white. The designer adds her Andalusia touch in looks finished with frills or guipure applications.
Roberto Torretta reinterprets the couture of the 60’s in an ode to tailoring. A collection of sleek lines, intended for an easy going and elegant woman, in which the Argentine designer reiterates and underlines his know-how with leather, indisputable protagonist in his creation for next Fall-Winter.
