After presenting its latest collections in the framework of
such international Fashion Weeks as those of New York and Paris, yesterday the
men's fashion firm Palomo Spain, the label under which the Cordovan designer
Alejandro García Palomo sells his garments, was doing good again. Gala of his
surname and returned once more to the heart of Madrid, to present “Córdoba”.
Your fashion collection for this current Autumn / Winter season of 2021.
In what turned out to be nothing more than a full-fledged
tribute to the designer's hometown, a Córdoba that stands precisely as the
reason for the title of the proposal, for the presentation of this latest
collection the Andalusian creative surprised with a parade organized in the
Paseo del Prado. Urban space recently declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco,
and around which gather places such as the Prado Museum, the Royal Botanical
Garden or the Reina Sofía art museums and the Thyssen-Bornemisza National
Museum of great representation of the town. A Madrid town that also occupies a
prominent place in the brand's imagination and history, as it is not only a
source of constant inspiration for the designer's collections, but also because
it is the city that hosted his first fashion show,
"With this parade, I am proud to bring the city of
Córdoba to the center of Madrid, to the Paseo del Prado, a unique enclave that
has recently been declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco," explained the
designer in his own words. along some statements released from the fashion firm
itself. "I feel very fortunate for this," added Alejandro G. Palomo,
and "I am enormously grateful to the Government Area of Culture, Tourism
and Sports of the Madrid City Council", and especially to "Andrea
Levy", responsible for the Culture area , Tourism and Sports of the city,
"for making it possible for this cultural activity to take place in an
exceptional environment, in this iconic and so representative location of the
city."
The collection of the 4 cultures
Entering to reel off the most notable details of this unique
collection, both in terms of substance and form, as well explained by the
fashion firm itself, it is a proposal that is the result of an “exhaustive
exercise of introspection”. As a result of which the designer revisits the
codes of his firm, while studying and analyzing not only its roots, but also
those of that city of Córdoba in which its origins are rooted. An enclave that
he keeps internalized as a source of inspiration, and that, after this exercise
of analysis, he considers as a "melting pot of cultures", they
underline from the firm of fashions, in which they merge in a single voice
"Roman, Arab cultures , Jewish and Christian ”.
As a result of this superimposed addition of influences, we
will find a collection in which the crafts of the Umayyad periods of the city,
a time when the craftsmanship of Cordoba reached its maximum expression, ends
up being reflected on some garments that drink from references from its
Mosque-Cathedral or the palatine city of Medina Azahara. Elements that end up
forging in a combination of shades in which bright reds are combined with blues
and greens, and in shapes and patterns that refer to the geometries of
architectural elements of the city itself.
Likewise, the rich motifs inspired by old tapestries and
paintings stand out once again, as well as a line of brocade velvets and
patterned linens made in collaboration with the textile house The Rosa Bernal
Collection, and inspired, where appropriate, by designs from old fabrics from
the times of King Henry IV of Castile, as well as the Renaissance periods of
Borgia and the Medici. Rich lace and embroidery that on this occasion the
designer works together with natural fabrics, such as wool, silk and cotton
poplin; and other more modern technical materials, such as lycras, taffeta and
metallic papers. Fibers to which they add a series of distinctive elements and
decorative finishes, such as fringes and crystal embroidered drapes.
