FALL / WINTER 2012-13

A time capsule is an hermetic recipient created in order to preserve messages and objects from the present so that they can be discovered by future generations. Time capsules provide an opportunity to reflect on the question of time, on the way things disappear and on the way others emerge that replace them, as well as the differences and similarities between the customs of each age.

"Time Capsule" establishes a dialogue between two moments in history that are almost 100 years apart: our last decade and the period of economic prosperity that the United States enjoyed in the 1920's, one that led to a speculative bubble so big that it culminated in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, an event that would lead to the Great Depression of the 1930's.

This time capsule, which was sealed on 3rd February 1922, is opened today, some 90 years later, in order to show us just how similar that period was to the present situation. The future may also sometimes be the past, and "Time Capsule" creates a new vision of this time-based symmetry. This entails a mixture of styles, a journey from the future to the past and back again. The idea is to forget in order to remember, to build the future on the foundations of the past and to observe that, although hundreds of years may pass, people still get married, have children, fall ill, die, create, destroy, trade, work and go to war; people still show arrogance, have fun, become suspicious, show ambition, conspire, seize power, get rich, fall into poverty ..."

In life, past, present and future collide. And life is not just a sum of what we have been, but also of what we yearn to be. People who do not have a future project, end up becoming the future project of someone else.

We cannot create new ideas without knowing the past and without having an idea of where would like to go, without that horizon of expectations that projects us forward.

We all need an idea of the future; we cannot enjoy the essence of the present without the past and the future, because then we would be stuck in the midst of ongoing monotony.

Our time capsule projects this spirit and our desires for the future in a deliciously metaphoric manner.




• SILHOUETTES •

Here we will come across a loose and low-hipped silhouette inspired by the 1920's, which combines with the oval and semi-rigid volumes of today. These rectangular lines seduce and caress looser hips.
We find straight coats and rigid collars both for outdoor and indoor clothing items. Dresses and jumpsuits are reconstructed through the tuxedo.

Sleeves that are open along the seam have a double use, enabling the arms to peep through them.
The use of the structured jacket in geometric cuts, a typical characteristic of this brand, is once again present, creating a slight "uniformed" effect for female clothing, one that is almost always excluded in the case of men. We come across long lengths for the evening, based on another now characteristic feature of the brand, the two-coloured block, in this case in black and white. Lengths and slacks feature a slight "Art Deco" feel in the selection of details on a series of gilded tin belts.

The gentlemen's shirts feature large straight V-necks and French cuffs. We find a structural execution of the most classic tailoring, which combines with a new visual effect in which the complex design plays a starring role by creating eye-deceiving effects: lapels that combine with false inner waist-coats; tailored double lapels made into tuxedo lapels.

We also find a renewed taste for the gentlemen's accessories of the 1920's, items that have almost fallen into disuse today, such as the pin collar, the lapel flower or the breast-pocket handkerchief.


• COLOURS •

Copper, rusted hues, fluorescent lemon, stone grey, steel, mini Dalmatian spots, diluted ink spots, duck blue, graphite black, animal jacquard, petrol green, pistachio, coral red, lapis lazuli, gilded tin.


• FABRICS •

Wool, mohair, Oxford, pin point, gabardine, crêpe de chine, serge, flannel, paillette, jacquard, degradé flounces in wool with lurex, matt lurex, translucent scales.