Now based in Madrid, Alejandro Gómez Palomo is now in his 10th year in business and his third coed collection. He titled the new line-up Limbo in reference to the world’s uncertainty. Fashion, for her, is almost an act of survival. “I find myself getting really dressed up every morning to go to work for no reason at all. And I think that’s how fashion can affect us these days.”
His clients tried; They prefer luxury, luxury and luxury rather than dirt and devil care. It comes across in ’80s textures in this collection, starting with a bold, round-shouldered trench and beige waistcoat pieces like crisp suspended peplums on a gray pin-stripe suit jacket and saucer-like extensions on a fringed lampshade dress. Less extravagant, and perhaps more effective, was a woven checkerboard and a nipped-waist sleeveless column with an origami-like fold-over column that allowed the body in the dress to create drama.
Women’s peplums found their counterpart in men’s waistbands. Overall, Palomo’s menswear options were soft and silky smooth. There was more connection with the body. If we broadly define limbo as an intermediate state, it would be better for Palomo to linger a little longer in figures 21 and 24 where he and her clothes are changed. She looks more relaxed, he looks sculpted. This is a win-win situation.
