Esteban Cortazar Fall 2017. Indigital
Marking the 10th anniversary of Esteban Cortazar’s Paris debut, the designer blazed the runway at Fall 2017 Paris Fashion Week with a sequence of 29 looks that spanned his creative moodboard with applied confidence. The craftsmanship was completely in tune with paradoxical fashion nowness: delicate but bold.
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The show notes were cryptic: “cyber landscape” and “digital quilts.” Only when look 15 filed onto the runway––a semi-sheer turtleneck of collaged Instagram photos from the designer’s profile tucked into red leather pants worn by Zoe Manakh––the penny dropped. Cortazar got personal for Fall 2017.
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Were his “patchwork of memories” from social media––impressed with a permanence in silk collars and tops––extending the legacy of his output? Perhaps.
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The textures certainly bounced about throughout the collection—from photogenic fur-topped sandals in banana yellow to midnight blue satin separates teamed with tough-girl leather accessories. The tartan episode in the collection relays the designer’s Anglo-French heritage and revived his “gitana punk” vibe, reminiscent of Clueless. The element of surprise cropped up with faux fur abruptly placed alongside grown-up woollens.
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But the pièce de résistance? A seemingly feather-light base of sheer tulle was the foundation for the airy etchings of a plaid print. So delicate it could have been interpreted as band aids of premium green and orange wool. The piece came to completion with a deftly placed single thread flicking from the bottom of the sweater’s hem (also seen in a sweater dress that tickled the runway floor).
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See the full Esteban Cortazar Fall 2017 collection here on Vogue Arabia Runway.
