Barcelona Bridal Week 2017

OUR RACHEL LEONARD GIVES US THE LATEST FROM THE SPANISH BRIDAL RUNWAYS AFTER HAVING TRAVELED TO BARCELONA LAST WEEK FOR BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK.

ROSA CLARÁ

ROSA CLARÁ OPENS UP THE BRIDAL WEEK WITH HER CLEAN MODERN DESIGNS. SHE EVOKES THE SPIRIT OF TODAYS WOMEN. SENSUALITY, RESTLESSNESS AND THE LOVE OF FASHION, THAT REFLECTS HER INNER SELF.

SHE COMBINED FLOWING, FIGURE FLATTERING LINES, VOLUMINOUS ARCHITECTURAL FORM. FABRICS IN CLOQUE, METALLIC CHANTILLY LACES AND COMBINATIONS VALECIENNE LACE WITH SILK CREPE. THE GOWNS HAVE A SENSE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS IN ETHEREAL TULLE, CUTOUTS ,CHIFFON AND LACE.

JESUS PEIRO

THE DESIGNER TOOK DELIGHT FROM BEING INSPIRED BY A DESSERT FROM A PARIS RESTAURANT AND CREATING A FULL COLLECTION OF SWEETS. IT WAS A MIX OF TEXTURES AND SILHOUETTES WITH SIGNATURE BOWS AND SPARKLY COLOR ACCENTS. FABRICS WERE IN OTTOMAN, ORGANZA, LENDING SHINE AND VOLUME. WONDERFUL SEPARATES OF CROPPED BEADED BOLEROS, JEWELED SWEATERS AND FUR JACKETS FOR COVER UPS.

YOLANCRIS

A PRET-A-COUTURE 70’S INSPIRED BRIDAL LINE WHERE CASUAL-STYLE REFLECTS BOHEMIAN ELEGANCE. FREE-SPIRITED IS THEIR TRADEMARK. THE COLLECTIONS CRAFTSMANSHIP, QUALITY HAND STITCHING, AND LAYERS OF SILK LACE EMBROIDERY ON PURE SHEER SILK TULLE IS ICONIC AND TIMELESS.

ISABEL SANCHIS

AVANT-GARDE GEOMETRIC SHAPES WITH ORIGAMI TECHNIQUES THAT TRANSLATE TO THE NEAR FUTURE... GREAT MIXTURE OF FABRIC SEPARATES CROP TOPS AND MANY HAND EMBROIDERED BIRD MOTIFS.

ISABEL ZAPARDIEZ

ONCE IN A LIFETIME MOMENTS WERE HER INSPIRATION, MOMENTS OF CHANGE, SITUATIONS THAT CAUSE EMOTION SUCH AS A WEDDING. PROJECTING A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL STYLE, ISABEL ZAPARDIEZ SHOWED A WIDE RANGE OF SHAPES. FABRICS CONSISTED OF SILK SATIN, LIGHT BROCADES, EMBROIDERIES, LACE AND FEATHERS. A FLORAL MOTIF WAS EVIDENT IN EMBROIDERIES AND RHINESTONE ACCENTS. THE EXAGGERATED BERETS MADE FOR A 'LOOK AT ME MOMENT' ON THE RUNWAY.

ATELIER PRONOVIAS 

THE BIG SHOW THAT CLOSED BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK DID NOT DISAPPOINT. THE WOW FACTOR OF VARIED LOOKS OF GOWNS AND THE SPECTACULAR SELECTION OF TOP MODELS MADE IT A FITTING FINALE TO THE WEEK. CREPE DRESSES WITH ACCENTS OF EMBROIDERIES, FEATHERS, AND MINIMAL JEWELINGS LOOKED MODERN. GOWNS HAD BEAUTIFUL BACK DETAILING AS WELL AS DETACHABLE TRAINS. FABRICS CONSISTED OF STRETCH CHIFFON, SILK MIKADO, CRYSTAL TULLE AND CHANTILLY LACE.