The title of Joaquín Trías' show was Seized Movement, and what that meant for the Madrid-based designer was an exploration of air's effect on the clothes we wear.
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The title of Joaquín Trías' show was Seized Movement, and what that meant for the Madrid-based designer was an exploration of air's effect on the clothes we wear.
NEW YORK, September 12, 2010
By Alison Baenen
The title of Joaquín Trías' show was Seized Movement, and what that meant for the Madrid-based designer was an exploration of air's effect on the clothes we wear. Trías' goal was to trap a pleat in mid-ripple and to create the volume a puff of wind might make when coursing through the back of a dress. As concepts go, this one would have been easy to overdo, but the collection was rigorously controlled as well as technically accomplished.
A slim-fitting V-neck red raffia dress was cut low on the sides and vented in the back. The revealing arm opening had a molded, organic quality, exactly as if the wearer had been caught in a breeze and was about to flash a peek of side nipple. (If that makes it sound risky or risqué, it wasn't. The designer had his technique well in hand.)
Black viscose cigarette pants with a subtle matador ruffle at the waist were an elegant evening option. Worn below one of the blouses with a pouf of air trapped at the back, they were like the string that tethers a balloon to earth.