Fashion Lina dies, the teacher who dressed Rocío Jurado and the Duchess of Alba and turned the flamenco dress into haute couture
Spring in
Seville is
also lived in September.
While the Maestranza was once again experiencing the most bullfighting atmosphere -
Morante, Roca Rey and Pablo Aguado
hung up the no tickets on the day the Fiesta returns to the city-, the center of the Andalusian capital was filled with polka dots and frills.
The first flamenco fashion show with an audience and similar to normality was held since the pandemic began.
Simof
was the last catwalk, in February 2020, until today.
More than
120 million euros per year
moves this sector that has seen its activity completely stopped, with losses of 80% and in some cases up to 100%.
This led some creators to reinvent themselves and launch new lines of business.
But the announcement by the City Council that in 2022
there will be a Seville Fair
has aroused enthusiasm and hope in designers and clients throughout Andalusia.
Immediately, the associations
Mof & Art and Qlamenco
, with the help of
Doble Erre
, the
Consistory of Seville and Tourism of Seville (Contursa)
, got down to work to set up a parade full of crafts and tradition that should have been held last month of April and that had to be suspended due to the pandemic data.
Almost forty firms and as many models have been the protagonists of an appointment that Sevillians and visitors were expecting like water in May.
"The expectations are good, in view of the demand that there has been to get an invitation. Everyone wanted to come. It seemed that we were four days away from the Fair," says Pilar Vera, president of Mof & Art.
ANA GARCÍA ROMERO
They all define the sensation as "an indescribable emotion, because
we needed something like this
, a boost, a push, motivation, and also, free for designers. People are wanting to buy and want to dress flamenco, because now he knows that there is going to be a fair, "he adds.
What stood out in the backstage area was above all the joy.
"It has been a tremendous illusion, because after so much time without activity and without any motivation, this is a breath of life for creatives," explained Ángeles Verano.
"I was sure that next year there was going to be a Fair, although maybe different, with a lot of caution - says
Delia Núñez
, creator of Flamenca
Pol Núñez
-. This had to happen, because pandemics happen. And today it has shown that people have a will to live. "
Meanwhile, he created a new line that bears his name with which he has also launched street clothes.
ANA GARCÍA ROMERO
Although she has made new designs, such as those presented on this catwalk, they will always be "in line with the one she stood by, because there are many clients who have picked up their suits and it would be a chore to change the style."
Along the same lines are the rest of the creators.
Everyone was left with the finished collections and hung on the hangers.
"The suits that could not show off are also the trend of 2022, because they have not been to the Fair, they are still new," says
Pilar Vera
.
Which indicates that the next
We Love Flamenco and Simof catwalks
, which are held in January and February, will have little news with respect to what was seen in 2020 just before the arrival of
Covid19
.
"We will get something out, but we can't make a new collection with almost fifty proposals because we don't have money, even though we don't lack the head for it", says Vera.
Setting up a collection can cost between
30,000 and 40,000 euros
.
Raquel Revuelta, director of Doble Erre and creator of Simof, adds that this catwalk has been "a shock for the sector, designers and also those in charge of assembly, light, sound, make-up artists, hairdressers, models ... There will be Simof, although not yet we know what format it will have. "
And there will also be We Love Flamenco.
"When we have been informed that there will be a Fair,
we have returned the joy and the hope that this begins again
, even if it has to be with masks," he predicts.
THE PARADE
The footbridge at street level was held in the heart of the city, almost at the foot of the Cathedral.
With the live voice of
Joana Jiménez and Las Migas
, and the performance of José Galván with a brushstroke of his 'Dos orillas',
Manu Sánchez
acted as the host of the event, beginning with a memory of the figure of
Lina
, who died last Tuesday.
The public, seated, with distance between chair and chair and with a mask, despite the fact that the appointment was outdoors and the relaxation of sanitary measures in Andalusia since last Thursday.
In the four parades that were held, it was possible to see progress of what will be seen at the Fair if circumstances finally accompany it, combining great names in flamenco fashion with young sap in the most Andalusian creation.
Polka dots are indisputable leaders
, although proposals in plain and especially floral prints or creations made with patchwork remain.
Much movement in the dresses, variety of necklines and prominence to the female figure.
More daring, fantasy and avant-garde bets were not lacking, although they were a minority.
And the handmade Manila shawls by
Ángeles Espinar and Juan Foronda were also seen.
The gypsy costume is the gypsy costume - we remember, never from faralaes - and it takes up its roots, it must maintain its essence and now it begins to come back to life.
Seville and all Andalusia are already waiting for the arrival of spring.
The firms Agus Dorado, Amalia Vergara, Ángela and Adela, Ángeles Espinar, Ángeles Ávila, Ángeles Verano, Antonio Gutiérrez, Atelier Rima, Aurora Gaviño, Carmen Acedo, Carmen Latorre, Cristina Vázquez, Eva Luna, participated in this return of flamenco fashion. F de Frank, Fina Estampa Complementos, Francisco Tamaral, Gil Ortiz, Hermanas Serrano, Inma Benicio, Juan Foronda, María Amador, María Ramírez, Maricruz Montecarlo, Marina Moda Flamenca, Mary Carmen Cruz, Melisa Lozano, Flamenco Fashion Serrano Tablas, Pilar Vera , Pitusa Gasul, Pol Núñez, Rosa Pedroche, Sara de Benítez, Sonibel, Teressa Ninu, Yolanda Moda and Yolanda Rivas.
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