Life lessons
THE HUMANISTS
“Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when needs be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud” – Rosa Luxemburg
human gestures all lie at the heart of the new season. A pure celebration of exquisitely simple craftsmanship, the true art of the artisan and a total respect for people painstakingly making beautiful clothes were among the strongest influences on the season. Glorying in the handmade and a spirit of make-do-and-mend were at the fore, and we left many shows and showrooms thinking about making things ourselves. With this contemplation comes the knowledge that we-esque hand-worked utopia. “I looked at the 16th and 17th centuries, where the craft was in the tiniest thing … where you had to rely on precision,” he said. The starched linen, the way in which he so eloquently captured history and a sense of Loewe’s Spain, was lauded this season.
