It has been said that Catalonia’s longstanding separatist identity is best characterised by its offerings to the creative arts. The capital, Barcelona has been ascribed a design temperament at odds with the rest of Spain – a mixture of ‘Reason and Craziness,’ Seny i Rauxa, that delights in the biomorphic forms of art-nouveau and surrealism yet which maintains an unwavering reputation for technical excellence. Fashion has been central to Barcelona’s mercantile history since the end of the eighteenth century with its textile industry maintaining it as a hub for high quality clothing production. From the 9th to the 11th July Andrew Gow will be there offering coverage of the city's fashion week.
It's difficult to determine how exactly piqueras's take on the nu-rave look differs from london's homegrown versions. Maybe a little less nuanced?
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Don't blame nu rave. Blame Roberto Piqueras (I could tell a lot). And journalists.
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The Faker
at 16:43 Fri 13 Jul 2007
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Aw, c'mon 'Faker': if you're hiding behind an alias, the least you can do is spill that insider gossip of yours...
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Sandrine
at 16:56 Fri 13 Jul 2007
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Ok Sandrine, but mostly is too personal to tell and, believe me, you even wouldn't want to know it. Anyway, here's a little hint: he was hired by a designers team to do some patters and they were so terribly done he was fired up inmediately.
Besides, the collection he showed at 080 Barcelona was the same -just but a little enlarged and freaked- he showed last february at El Ego de Cibeles, Madrid's sidekick catwalk for young designers.
Hope this helps you.
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The Faker
at 19:26 Fri 13 Jul 2007
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This my friends is why Nu Rave is shit
By victoriasjukebox at 16:23 Thu 12 Jul 2007
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