The flapper girl in a leopard bomber. Fringes of micro – sequins sway over silk satin, vibrant and weightless. A ladylike mood with a hint of Halston, expressed through long, double – breasted gunmetal pencil dresses and fluid gowns cinched with golden sequin belts.
As always, the unique textile craftsmanship and the alchemy of aesthetic compositions turn the DE SANTIS BY MARTIN ALVAREZ collection into an almost cinematic sequence. Every frame tells a story.
Leopard spots soften into jacquard, welcoming gold in orderly rows on structured grand soirée gowns, then reassembling themselves in the sporty silhouette of a biker jacket with an athletic waistband.
Silver and chocolate create a visionary pairing, disrupting conventional rules: they coexist in long silver mermaid skirts topped with coffee – colored chiffon, finished with puffed cuffs. Or they appear separately, in flared dresses worthy of an American diva and exquisite longuette skirts to be paired with cropped spencers, couture shirts, in true DE SANTIS BY MARTIN ALVAREZ style.
Yet nothing is quite as it seems: the silver texture is composed of an interplay of black, silver, and bronze sequins and baguettes. Velvet is embroidered in an Oriental style, a kind of Garden of Eden resting on a dark ground. It sculpts short – sleeved dresses with satin bows, wrap coats with sashes, and “boudoir” trouser suits. Magenta, in a Pantone leaning toward violet: a color that does not exist in the chromatic spectrum but must be constructed, interpreted.
Courtesy of MAXIMILIAN LINZ
