Students from the Master in Fashion Design at IED Barcelona presented their final collections, inspired by a wide range of themes
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Fashion Design, a vehicle of expression
Date
20 August 2024
Designing a fashion collection goes far beyond creating a series of garments with which to cover our bodies. It is an elaborate process that stems from a creative idea and is expressed in the final result, through the choice of silhouettes and volumes, lines and cuts, fabric and colour charts, and the use of accessories, among others.
At the end of July, students from the Master in Fashion Design at IED Barcelona presented their final collections, inspired by a wide range of themes. With highly interesting proposals that evoke everything from nostalgia for childhood and its fantasy worlds — through transparent, flowing fabrics, pink and beige pastel tones, and balloon skirts — to works that explore safe spaces for mental health — such as the bedroom — with voluminous looks in technical fabrics, as a nod to bed linen.
The inner struggle against our own demons, represented through garments in claustrophobic black and navy blue, juxtaposed with hopeful whites and beiges, was another of the 12 excellent proposals presented, all with high levels of creativity and execution.
THEMES OF THE COLLECTIONS REFLECTED IN THE GARMENTS
“Serenata”, María Cristina Latino. The story of unrequited love. Creating a romantic aesthetic through chiffons and organzas, the student mixes high-level volumes in the first looks with contrasting lower-level fabric manipulations in the next ones, as the phases of heartbreak are overcome.
“Crisol”, Rosario Fertig. Her looks reflect on the influence of cultural origins and the complexity of human relationships in the creation of identity through the figure of the women in her family. To know who we are, we have to know where we come from. With sepia colours that evoke that past of old photos, and technical fabrics as a reference to the new generations.
“Saudade”, Joana Roscheck. The collection offers a nostalgic vision of the student’s childhood in Brazil, with the ocean and the Hibiscus flower as focal points.
Using natural colours that represent nature, transparencies in dresses with satin that reflect the feeling of freedom, and knitted and crocheted garments as a nod to the beach and the sea.
“Spotlight”, María del Mar Valle Fernández. The student recounts an outsider’s perception of her relationship with fashion during her adolescence through a palette of strong colours (blacks, flashes of violet and silver), leather, lace, and grey hair. The dresses and outfits are short and daring, with a leather jacket and a skirt made from methacrylate and chains standing out.
“Cozy”, Ivonne Vilagrà Martínez. The student carries out a personal project on the safe place, taking the bed as a centre of peace where we can combat anxiety. She transfers the concept of comfort and warmth to the usual textures of a bedroom, using lightweight fabrics such as sheets and knitted wool to transmit a sensation of being wrapped up and volume in reference to the quilts. The colour chart — a mixture of neutral tones with greys — recalls the moment when we go to sleep.
“Spell”, Silvia Gómez Ariola. A bridal collection inspired by the Hollywood divas of the ‘50s and ‘60s, full of glamour, mystery and highly pronounced waistlines as per the Dior style. It consists of 10 wedding dresses and two capes, created using the highest quality fabrics: wild silk, tulle, mikado, silk chiffon and angel skin. The proposal explores the possibilities of pattern-making with the use of godets and textile manipulation to create fine pleats and draping.
“Ego, Nemesis”, Daniel Borràs Gutiérrez. Collection inspired by a surrealist aesthetic that delves into the personal experience of living with OCD. The colour chart, which is predominantly black, includes contrasts of light through reds — to express violence — and greys — emptiness. The student uses eco-friendly, recyclable and vegan materials such as pineapple leaf leather, and has printed Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘Tulips’ on a jacket that alludes to this element of containment used in mental institutions.
“Kodak Gold”, Adriana Codina Clavaguera. Inspired by the power of the analogue photo and how it reveals memories that can only appear thanks to the transformative power of light. The student uses a total of 12 different fabrics and 4 types of yarns with different textures, structures and transparencies to create a wrapped and layered effect. With neutral colours combined with terracottas, oranges, greens and pinks reminiscent of sunrise and sunset.
“Sal que cura” [“Salt that heals”], Aina Bennasar Collado (see cover photo. Photography: Antonia Heredia Ferrà). Inspired by the island of Cabrera (Balearic Islands), this collection, which draws on the imagination of Iris van Herpen, seeks to reproduce that moment of floating when we immerse ourselves in water. With a colour palette in shades of white, off-white, ecru and gradients of blue and beige. The fabric chart includes transparencies (organzas, silk chiffon) and technical fabrics such as nylon to generate movement. With elements such as accordion pleated sleeves and digital printing in blues.
“La vida secreta de un maricón americano” [“The Secret Life of an American Queer”], Sebastián Elbers Chávez (see project)
“Ascidia”, Maria Esther Almeda (see project)
“Dreamland”, Elena De Uña Álvarez (see project)
“Crisol”. Photography: Alexander Shkrob / Creative Direction: Rosario Fertig / MUAH: Ibar Vacino / Models: Paula Gallardo, Fiona Pamies Carla Abellan
"Spotlight". Art Director: Mar Valle / Model: Shura Korzhova / MUAH: Malena Gonell / Assistants: Marc Coca / Carla Fernández
"Spell". Photography: Bea Harolt
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