STELLA NOLASCO
SS16 FASHION SHOW
Hello dolls!
After
showing you some of my looks for NYFW and carrying you around Manhattan (here) and
Chelsea (here), I want to share with you some of my favorite collections from this New
York Fashion Week.
The first
designer I want to present you is a young Puerto Rican woman called Stella Nolasco.
Stella fits among the names of the many Latin American designers who
have long tread the catwalks of international fashion: think of Proenza
Schouler, Narciso Rodriguez, Carolina Herrera, Angel Sanchez and Francisco
Costa for Calvin Klein. Her designs have a strong connection with her roots and
her land: indeed, after the SS15 line - that took inspiration by the cult of
the santos de palo in Puerto Rico - here comes "Pomarosa", her new Spring
collection which is inspired by the verses of the puertorriqueño poet José de
Diego.
The idea is
accurate: there is something poetic in these clothes, something dreamy and
whimsical that is mature and thoughtful at the same time - suitable for a woman
of our days who knows how to be sophisticated without being cloying. Stella
Nolasco’s dresses are filled with traditions , because they recall the
nostalgia of another era; they bring to your mind visions of a delicate,
aristocratic and ethereal femininity. When they walk down the runway, you can
almost smell the talcum, the rouge, the face powder and the hairspray when -
those refined and polished gestures of our grandmothers and our mothers who
would get ready in their rooms before a night out, taking care of every single
detail.