After a one-off present in London final season, Marta Marques and Paolo Almeida have been again of their house nation of Portugal for fall. However don’t let this runway footage idiot you; set in the course of a sun-drenched winery, this “present” featured no friends. The designers have been invited by the Portuguese tourism board to current one among their collections within the nation. Go away it to this artistic duo to show their lookbook into an promoting marketing campaign for a Portuguese getaway.
On the makeshift runway, the Marques’Almeida assortment seems a bit of extra subtle than typical. “It’s not a historically elegant assortment,” supplied Almeida, calling in from his studio hours earlier than departing for a well-deserved August vacation, “but it surely is a bit more grown-up, we have been so younger after we began!”
To Almeida’s level, there was nothing too formal in regards to the designers’ new tackle magnificence. For starters, they confirmed it outdoors, surrounded by nature and grass, which knowledgeable the extra pragmatic footwear selections. Few designers could make a convincing peplum today—one which doesn’t appear to be one thing out of 2012, that’s—however right here they have been obtainable in spades. Night volumes and fabrications have been oftentimes paired with grungy acid-wash denim or long-established into relaxed, unfussy shapes (together with some nice pajama-like units). The OG Marques’Almeida spirit stays intact, even when the designers themselves have matured.
“We made some issues we wouldn’t have completed or considered at first,” Almeida stated, talking of the lineup’s lengthy, embellished sheaths and the cutesy flared skirts. Age seems good on them—who wouldn’t wish to be a plus-one wherever these funky drapes and ballooning blouses are headed come fall?
