Custo Barcelona FW2015/16 'Shake before Use' fashion show during New York Fashion Week, 16 February 2015
fig. right: The model in the middle wears a comfortable, bright colored (fuchsia, teal) Jacquard-style coat with ethnic appeal and hound's-tooth design elements. The photo was shot backstage at the Custo Barcelona FW2015/16 fashion show on 15 February 2015 at Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week. Images from the runway are published on mbfashionweek.com. ELLE Espaņa uploaded today a runway video with highlights from the show. fig. below - from left, clockwise (all images from backstage): Custo Barcelona co-founder and creative director Custo Dalmau and Gala González (according to Wikipedia, Gala González is "considered as the first Spanish fashion blogger"); the next three images show Custo Dalmau at the fitting, at the photo-wall behind the stage and during an interview. |
On 15 February 2015, Spanish brand Custo Barcelona presented the new Fall/Winter 2015/16 collection during New York Fashion Week which is according to co-founder Custo Dalmau one of the best places to gain global awareness. Currently, the European brand is on the way to grow in emerging markets like Latin America and South-East Asia, India, China. The brand was founded by Custo Dalmau and his brother 33 years ago in Barcelona and entered the US market in the mid-90s. The medium-price products can be described as colorful fashion with exceptional graphic designs. The FW2015/16 collection shows alongside to geometric black and white tartan patterns, vivid tribal-like designs which make think of Mesoamerican culture (Maya, Aztec) in combination with signature European elements like a hound's-tooth check. The title of the FW2015/16 collection is 'Shake before Use'; it was presented with dance music on the NY runway.