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Perhaps it could be considered as
an allegory
the dress of
Cristina Pedroche
that she has worn in these Campanadas that say goodbye to a tragic and homely 2020 to welcome the
expected and hopeful
year 2021. We let go of the duvet to throw ourselves into the party and the illusion -we hope finally happen-.
One of the most anticipated moments each year around this time is to know what Pedroche will look like at the time of the New Year's Eve Chimes and the mystery has finally been revealed.
Pedro del Hierro
has been the firm chosen for this historic moment due to the coronavirus, which has presented an
original and surprising design
in two sequences made by the firm's creative director, Nacho Aguayo.
The broadcast on
Antena 3 from the Puerta del Sol
in Madrid -this year and for the first time, without an audience in the square- began with
the presenter wrapped in a white coat-quilt,
an element that we have all had very close to hand and daily in this year of confinement.
A
tribute
to all those who
have responsibly stayed
at home in this 2020 pandemic.
The inspiration of the creator comes from
a deconstructed quilt,
a quilted coat reminiscent of Haute Couture that evokes those
comfortable blankets,
shawls and the same quilts that we have been using so much during this very homely year.
To make the coat,
more than 100 meters of recycled silk taffeta
with ecological dyes
have been used
.
But actually making this piece has been the least complicated, as Nacho Aguayo himself explained to LOC, despite working with so many meters of fabric and having to control numerous
pieces, weight and volume.
Pedroche, wrapped in the white coat-duvet
Cristina looked
warm
during the moments before the Chimes, but the moment arrived.
2021 had to be greeted with
joy, liberation, light and hope.
Shortly before the Puerta del Sol clock began to chime, Pedroche released the quilt to fill the screens with brightness and light.
Under the duvet was hidden
a dress weighing between 5 and 10 kilograms,
set with a
mixture of crystals
embroidered by Johan Luck Katt, famous Haute Couture embroiderer, who was already a regular collaborator of Pedro del Hierro in the 90s. A
totally
work
artisan
that is strongly committed to the preservation of this tradition.
The micro-dress is based on the pattern of a mask.
It is held at the shoulders
only with two very thin straps
and is completed with
two
silk mouse
tails
that go over the shoulders, and above all this the dress falls under its own weight.
In mini form, it is
a jewel-micro-dress
(Pedroche could not disappoint without showing meat), made in a single piece and embroidered with
16,308 crystal stones
on a
silk organza
base
lined
with silk satin.
A creation, for which
more than 350 hours
have been used
embroidering by hand stone by stone,
and filled with that light that Pedroche, Josie and Aguayo have wanted to bring to every home.
The complication was
that it fit snugly against the body without being attached.
Because there was some complication, as Pedroche herself had commented a few days ago, although without revealing details.
Aguayo explained that Cristina, who was so athletic,
had lost weight
since she had already embroidered the dress until she was wearing it, so "embedding a fabric on a stone-curdled silk organza is laborious, and you had to adjust it."
The
look
of Pedroche is completed with
a high boots,
departing from the Pedro signing of the Iron presented in his show and that he had loved Pedroche.
The boots, made especially for Cristina for this occasion, are also
sewn and embroidered entirely by hand
following the design of the dress, made in
blue silk
satin
to remember the color of the masks.
And, of course, with a mask, also made by Pedro del Hierro, with the same matching embroidery, as a tribute to 2020.
The idea for this design was born between Cristina herself
, Josie - Pedroche's stylist and close friend - and Nacho Aguayo.
"We were clear that we did not want to make a customary dress, but to do something else. To join the brand in some way and above all not to fall into a frivolous or meaningless dress. To do
something like a tribute,
that had a message and that was beyond a mere evening dress. Hence the tribute to 'stay at home', and raising the dress to Sewing for the many hours of handmade embroidery, "explains the creative director.
The dress that we have seen on television emerged at that very moment in which surely we have all agreed in asking the new year that this ends now and we can recover our lives.
The normality.
Nothing new normal.
The first part of the dress paid tribute to all those months that we have been locked up at home, but it also
evokes comfort, the new dress, the confinement.
Josie calls it "Couture Confinement."
As for the micro-jewel dress, it reflects the desire to relive great moments without complications.
The result might have been different if the pandemic had not existed, but given the situation, the three agreed that a tribute had to be paid, in this year so different for everyone.
The pandemic has changed everything.
And Aguayo says that Pedroche "has always been aware and wanted to send a message of encouragement.
She has also had a very bad time and wanted to make it clear.
That this is not another year, that it is a special year and that there are many people who do it. It has been fatal. It is a responsibility. "
A total
look
in which the three trends in fashion
-sustainability, craftsmanship and comfort-
are mixed
, which is already historical and which is surely
the most remembered of all
those that Pedroche has worn in his appearances during the End of the Bell Chimes. Year for many reasons.
Because the year is special, because we will all be at home watching television with the consequent rise in audiences and because, according to Nacho Aguayo, Cristina is delighted.
"She keeps saying that it is the year she likes the most.
I am very happy."
As Pedroche says, "in such a historic year I
needed a historic dress too.
It is the best year. I wanted to bring light and hope to all Spaniards."
By the way, Anne Igartiburu, always faithful to Caprile, and Ana G. Obregón, from Alejandro de Miguel, who have given the bells on TVE, were also
superb
.
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