My infatuation with Lucio Castro’s dynamic collections of seasons past has officially ended.
According to the design team, “The Stonehenge Collection” is inspired by traveling communities in the UK during the mid-1990’s; and moved around in old buses that were transformed into their respective homes and creative spaces. My interpretation – everyone got dressed in complete darkness after coming down from an ultimate high, courtesy of a “California Kush” smoke session.
This season we’ve been captured by the hypnotic made-for-TV movie “Ubu Roi” by Jean-Christophe Averty in 1965. Based on the revolutionary play by Alfred Jarry and considered by many the first sign of modernism, we were taken by its tension between serious and playful, innovative and primitive. And also a sense of alluring repetition that is so relevant right now through the extensive use of gifs and memes. We took the deep red found in the velvet capes of kings and used it in repetitive patterns on our Italian-made fabrics. The sweaters also have signature stitches that are persistently Dadaist and 3D. The collection is still anchored in an effortless and masculine “invisible uniform” that we always strive for.
Photos by Leandro Justen
Lucio Castro fall ’14 joined the boys club at Industria studios and presented its best take of “Broke Back Mountain Goes to the City.” Laugh if you want, but the casually refined collection might be on to something.
Layered flannels, sporty polo shirts, blazers, and cardigans anchored the collection but the one piece that ups the ante – a remarkably tailored quilted black jacket. Paired with a casual pant and Midwest-inspired fedora, the quilted black jacket is one of the best jackets of the season.
I know that proper fall ’14 collections are being presented but I’m already tired of the color palettes being used – everyone will be wearing black, white, blue, and various hues of gray in the upcoming season. I guess we will all deal with it.
