Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, who’ve all the time most well-liked exhibiting in East London, determined to shake issues up this season and go to the middle of city in Covent Backyard with a unusual present that came about at St. Paul’s Church.
The pair obtained caught into historical past, nevertheless.
“There’s seventeenth century, 18th century, Baroque influences [and Dutch paintings],” Marques mentioned on the entrance of the church, taking within the scorchingly sizzling English sunshine with Almeida.
The gathering was titled “Traditionally Knowledgeable, Culturally Subverted” with eccentric Victorian jackets in bubblegum pink, blue wash denim and even a biker leather-based jacket model; corseted bodice tops with seen boning outlines; floral baby-doll attire, and undone white shirts with ruffles that would solely be worn by a sailor or tortured Victorian artist.
There have been too many concepts flying over the place directly — consider it as Marques Almeida’s “Eras” tour of historical past.
“We actually wished to dig deeper into [history] and that comes with British coaching [as designers], however when you dig deep into it, you find out about it and then you definately f–okay it up,” Marques mentioned.
Each bit had an indication of age with it — nothing was pristine or model new: attire have been frayed, skirts wrinkled and leather-based luggage grained.
They could have headed to the middle of city for a brand new route, nevertheless it’s nonetheless early days to foretell the place the second coming of Marques Almeida will lead.