“That’s my girl, this is it,” Luis de Javier said at a showroom appointment for his fall collection, which gave a more wearable read on his gothic-glam signature.
It’s been his goal to build a business for himself as well as offer a viable long-term revenue stream for Spain-based specialty crafts he hopes to help preserve.
A performance by Spanish dancer and choreographer Rocío Molina fed the narrative of the season. “If there’s anyone that embodies [me] and my brand and my morals in this very patriarchal flamenco world, it’s her,” he said.
Cue a new character, “a single mother, a flamenco dancer who has to hustle” inhabiting a biker-meets-matador world.
For her day-to-day activities, she’ll have her pick from ribbed knits and little camisoles featuring laser-engraved interpretations of embroidery handcraft; tailored bumster slacks outlined with tone-on-tone embroideries at the waist and crotch; boxy, cowl-back tops in cotton jersey, and waxed denim trousers with zips that run from hem to knee.
More striking options included a heavy silk slipdress with a hood and a leather topper that looked like a cross between a matador’s jacket and a biker blouson.
“She’s everything, you know,” de Javier said. “I just include everyone; whoever wants to feel that this empowers them or that they want to make it theirs — I don’t have to do anything that’s niche.”
