"Creative Director, Josep Font's exquisite, pret-a-couture
design exist outside the bounds of usual clothing constructions. They
swell, curve, arc, dive, and something even jut. They recall a bit of
his countryman Cristóbal Balenciaga,
and are unafraid to take up space. Their construction is so lovely and
singular as to be mightily hard to do justice to. The perennially
art-referencing designer took his inspiration from the Spanish
Impressionist Joaquín Sorolla and contemporary artist Soo Sunny Park. The former lent Font the exquisite deep periwinkle of his opening looks ("Sorolla
Blue"), while the latter set his thinking about handcraft and
luminosity, exemplified by her undulating, mirrored installations. Font
appears to dream in more than three dimensions. Among the confections he
proposed this season: a story in lush, metallic floral jacquard,
trousers impeccably nipped at the waist and full through the hip and
thigh, and a series of cobwebby crocheted open knits - striking in their
contrast to everything you might typically associate with Font, and
utterly lovely. The resulting lineup was a bit Old World, yet undeniably
modern; even the designer's most otherworldly proportions felt
featherweight. Font's Delpozo continues to be a singular force in the fashion landscape." - vogue.com
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