For Mans’ fall assortment, Jaime Álvarez took us on a visit to rural Britain, interspersed with a country-kitsch private contact. “That English countryside will also be completely Andalusian,” he mentioned with fun. “I’m bringing it residence.” He fused each themes, whereas conserving tailoring, the home’s strongest asset, as a typical thread. His major intention was updating clothes by small particulars, comparable to bringing the liner of a jacket from the within to the skin, or utilizing trompe l’oeil particulars to re-edit clothes from earlier collections. The Sevilla-born designer targeted on texture, with micro-sequins on ladylike clothes, and jackets and skirts created from alpaca. “It’s a little bit of a tribute to girls who experience horses, whether or not they’re from Nice Britain or from El Rocío in Huelva.”
Just lately, Álvarez has expanded the Mans providing, which has bolstered the model’s buyer profile. “We’ll by no means quit on menswear as a result of that’s our main success, however this present has served to testify that we are able to make all types of garments, all the time following the model’s line,” he mentioned. His menswear and womenswear collections had been aimed toward an viewers of contrasts: the festive facet coexisted with on a regular basis items, by playful layering, and the robust presence of inauspicious shades, comparable to inexperienced or “egg yellow,” Álvarez added, “It’s very Mans—a chaos that turned harmonious within the look.”
