With Custo Barcelona, each season his collections get better like wine. The brand has always taken the more is a better approach when styling runway looks. Much like past designs, Custo Barcelona spring collection was an explosion of bright colors and bold prints. The designer’s innate use of color is exceptional. The spring collection consisted of uncommon geometric prints. It also had a youthful appeal with cute little printed spaghetti strap dresses, flowy printed maxi dresses, and skirts. The mixing of textures and colors at times proved to be a little too busy. Custo described his spring collection as “Slow” referencing “a culinary movement that rejects the standardization of taste.”
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Custo Barcelona Fall/Winter 2013 Collection
Waiting in line to see the Custo Barcelona Fall 2013 show was like waiting in line to get into the hottest club in the city. The Box Theater at Lincoln Center was packed literally from wall to wall with people. The fall collection offered a wealth of luxe knits for men and women and a slight overload of prints and overdone styling. That’s not to say that the collection didn’t have some great looks because it did. Their take on men’s suits was refreshing with bold prints in muted colors. The styling of the suits was quite questionable because shawls were thrown over them. There were even man capes included in the collection.
Custo Barcelona Spring/Summer 2013 Collection
Radiating with the eye-popping colors, prints, and graphics his designer label is known for, Custo Dalmau of Custo Barcelona debuted the Spring/Summer 2013 collection entitled SS13: X-ray on September 9 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2013 at Lincoln Center in New York City.
An explosion of color dominated the Custo Barcelona S/S 2012 Runway Show. The collection presented was titled “TRIPOLAR” because it was truly 3 distinct collections in 1. All of which exemplified the Custo Barcelona style of in-your-face prints, sleek silhouettes with an edgy European flair.