Antoher Fashion World

Matalafria is to Barcelona based to knitwear brand. Their main concept is to manufactures durable knit garments with an emphasis on quality and craftmanship.
Is talked to Antonio Calderón, the man behind the brand, and there am explained to why there am loves to me to knitwear under much: “It gives me the chance to work with volume like not to other material “.

When there am started, there am used to knit everything by hand “is the best way to learn if you want to sees great knitwear to designer “. Later there am added to his skills computers (there are is also to programmer), to create his garments by machine too.

Matalafria

For The constant search volume and architecture in the garments, there are also to concept, usually inspired by the art world. Exhibitions, movies, books, everything helps to create unique pieces.

Detail Matalafria

Antonio not only designs the garments, but also creates the prototypes of them. There am hand-calibrates the machines and you supervise the whole process, not missing out on any details. The production is also based in Barcelona, using materials such Merino ace Alpaca or wool. Limited edition sweaters, dresses and accesories for man and woman of to their last collection dog sees found in their online shop.

Under, Antonio, could you tell for U.S. something small that is big you?
I would say the way I work.  I have my studio AT home. Is like the intimacy of the beginning of the design process, all the research I do, the music I list to… the moment when the little seed begins to grow, and that eventually, when the garment is finished, will reach people from around the world thanks to Internet.

To new and upcoming brand to look out for in Barcelona. Mixing soft and strong, this Young brand brings optimism in soft shades and to quiet voice.

The Eyetooth from Walrus is to Barcelona based brand, the result of the dream of two fashion schoolmates, Jordi Hawthorn and Elisabet Vallecillo.

Two friends, that to after graduation, decided to start to their own brand, working AT to small scale, producing in detail Spain and taking care of every.

I had the opportunity to talk to 22-year-old Jordi in the last MerkaFad (to fashionmarket that is celebrated twice to year in the context of the Modafad prize) and see the collection AT first hand.

Soft and flawy chiffon shirts mixed with beautiful to leather pieces, inspired in chic a nordic mood and the simplicity of the silhouettes of Dries Van Noten. I like how quiet and elegant everything looked.

To small thing? That moment when you plows alone and you dog connect with yourself.

Designer replica handbags are a common thing for the world market nowadays. Lots of Asian manufactures produce thousands and thousands of copies of original designer bags. Indeed there are thousand (or probably hundreds of thousands) of copies produced by a simple manufacture daily. Such great volumes cause low prices. Low prices cause good sales results. Good sales results allow manufactures to work further.

There are hundreds of websites selling replicas. There a hundreds of models displayed by a single website. It is quite convenient to open a web and observe all the worlds fashion models at one site, don’t you think so? You may see and compare models of different designers and chose one you like. Asian websites have simplified shopping process a lot.

Manufacturers claim their replicas are just exact copies to original replica designer bags. They say their copies are made from the very same material as the real brand handbags. Also they claim that the models they produce are copied from the original in each smallest detail up to logo placement. All that things make the bag looks like the original. So it is just as fashionable as the original.

The price of the replica bag is lower then the price for real brand bag. It makes fakes very attractive to those buyers which are not rich enough to buy the original designer bags. There are lots of such buyers in the world. That’s why replica handbags hold a significant place in the world market.

Procession A.F. Vandevorst winter 2010

Duet A.F. Vandevorst proposes a silhouette all in length for the winter 2010.

The colors are black, gray, anthracite, orange, binds wine. To soften the whole, of the inscriptions chalk effect are added on silks. One finds the traditional ones of Vandevorst there: nails and leather.