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Talking to

, the creator of

, is almost like doing it with a friend: her background sound is homemade, familiar.

She is with her baby while she talks about those impressive

that have delighted influencers and artists, including

the

that evoked "the waves of the sea" with which she received her

He came out of the basement of Maria's house, the firm's headquarters.

"

, I love what it represents: Andalusia, a strong woman... And when I heard the song, I couldn't stop crying," explains the designer. "That's why, even though I had to stop a production and

, I couldn't say no." When instinct calls, it calls.

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We are not going to fall into the cliché that this woman who entered the world of fashion thanks to a

is only moved by her guts because she is from the south.

In her the emotion is strong because, simply, it is her way of being: it is what led her to

whose germ is in 2015, when she met her husband and

, and to start it up again after that parenthesis because,

.

To admit that, it also takes

.

The same one that keeps her rooted in Seville, no matter how much she says that it is a matter of "comfort".

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"For me,

and my day to day now", he says. "I would have to be in the outskirts, travel a lot and everything would be too complicated for me.

Here I have my house that I have designed to my liking, my mother as a neighbor and

". Yes, they are all women. Seven, to be more exact, something that the designer understands as an unorthodox act of

, a term he thinks we've tinkered with to the point where

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"I don't love the word sustainable, because it's ceasing to be real," he

explains.

"Now, it costs more to recycle a fabric than to buy a new one, and it's done just because it has the sustainable label. For example, I can't use recycled tulle because you need a lot of resources to recycle polyester, so I

, like making garments that last or working in the basement of my house.

The designer María Rodríguez, founder of Reveligion. Courtesy of 080 Barcelona Fashion

That place from which his pieces emerge invites reflection.

Would your career have been different if instead of in a basement in Tomares, the dresses were created in a workshop in Madrid?

"Totally. I would have been in the thick of things, at parties,

, because even if you have a communication agency, you are your best ambassador," she says.

"And when they invite me to something, most of the time I can't go because I have three children and I would have to leave them with someone. Not to mention the money from the AVE."

Those who have left their city for work will understand.

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Despite the obstacles, the Sevillian woman claims to have achieved "full happiness" because she has her family and her brand, with an image as particular and profound as her name.

"I wanted a name other than mine, and

what are we doing in the world, why do we come, where are we going... These are questions that have always been very recurrent in my life, and the religion is one of my great pillars," he says.

"And then I've always liked the word

, change. I started playing word games and Reveligion came out. I saw that no one had used it, and I ran out and bought the domain and registered it."

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That clarity and diligence when making the decision and launching is the same that makes her affirm that for her

.

Here, we speak of higher ideas.

and feeding on that

," she confesses.

"For me, the brand image is important and what I want to convey with it. I don't know.

And it's weird, because I design brutal clothes even though I can't wear them every day.

."

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Until now, that woman he mentions was a

However, she now wants

.

"The brand tells my story and now I feel like an empowered woman, with three children and who works, so I want to get there, that strong woman," she explains.

She has already started to do so, and the collection that she has just presented at

is the perfect example of this.

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"Parallel lines"

is the title with which he reflects not only on the masculine and the feminine, but also on the silhouette, the lines that define human beings and, of course, their relationship with volume.

One that is still delicate and romantic, but in which a

is sensed that perhaps previously went more unnoticed.

are deconstructed and mixed with corsets, all in a muted palette that only enhances that idea of ​​power.

Because

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"It seems to me that it has

," she says enthusiastically.

"Now we have a supplier that makes super soft tulle but with sizing, which allows us to

, and also the way

in a way that you can't do with any other fabric."

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That passion is one of the factors that add uniqueness to Maria, to Reveligion.

Because where others would look for unbridled sales, she prioritizes the conceptual and the artistic side (

).

In fact, the best piece of advice she's ever been given is

because we try to "people to like us and really just be yourself even if we don't fit in".

That is why Mary is Mary and Reveligion is Reveligion.

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