The irreverence of Cyndical Chamber and the proclamation for the state of the ozone layer by Eñaut closed yesterday the 32nd edition of the 080 Barcelona Fashion Week. The Catalan catwalk lowers the curtain on a few days in which its character and philosophy have finally been established.
The director of the 080 Barcelona Fashion Week, Marta Coca, stated hours before ending the edition that the growth, both in terms of audience and proposals, has been exponential compared to the previous year: “We are very satisfied. Without yet having the exact figures, we have had an average of 500 people per parade, therefore, we would be talking about about 12,500 visitors over these five days,” she confirmed. The organization, he says, attributes this to the consolidation of a message clearly focused on sustainability, inclusion, upcycling and multidisciplinary fashion.
24 creatives have passed through the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site from Monday to yesterday, among them already iconic names such as Custo Dalmau, Lola Casademunt, Belén Larruy by Guillermina Baeza and Victoria Mitjans from Simorra, but also seductive debutants such as Cherry Massia and Carlota Barrera. All of them, with their own history and DNA, are great defenders of the aforementioned values through the art of clothing.
This year's maxim is timelessness. Climate change has destroyed the seasons and thus, from one year to the next, the seasons have been blurred in the closets. Trench coats are worn with shorts, velvet dresses full of slits and leather jackets with thin tights to join the no pants trend that has made such a big impact on the streets.
The suit becomes the uniform par excellence of a generation that if there is one thing clear, it is that the wardrobe does not understand gender. The eternal two-piece is deconstructed and adapts to all types of silhouettes in addition to being considered an all-terrain wardrobe.
The climate urgency and its inseparable link with the fashion industry were personified on this catwalk through proposals such as those by All That She Loves, faithful to local and sustainable production, in the dresses by Amlul, which works with surplus textiles, and in the Eñaut's perforated pieces, representing the Ozone layer. “Sometimes we misuse the word sustainability. However, there is more and more awareness,” she said backstage.
But fashion is also about playing and having fun with it and that is why shine has been one of the maxims of this catwalk. Guillermina Baeza sprinkled it in a swim collection that paid tribute to the brand's golden decade, the nineties, and she transported guests to sunny California with cowboy hats and daring bikinis. “We have created a bathroom for all moments of the day, which in an innovative way becomes part of looks beyond the beach,” commented designer Belén Larruy backstage.
The lurex fabric and metallics prevailed in other shows, such as that of Custo Barcelona, Lebor Gabala and Lola Casademunt, who dedicated her line to the wild Route 66.
The 080 Barcelona Fashion Week fearlessly defends its vision of the industry. An optimistic and innovative idea about a fashion that looks towards the future and moves away from cyclical trends.
