Juan Antonio Àvalos & the Tropical Knight

Two years after graduating in Fashion Design at the FD Moda in Barcelona, Spanish designer Juan Antonio Àvalos founded his eponymous label in 2009.

In June last year, Juan’s 2011 spring/summer collection won first prize for the Best Menswear Collection at Barcelona Fashion Week.

The collection is entitled “Tropical Knight,” which draws inspiration from two sources: Medieval knights and California surfers.

As you will see from the photos, the collection revives the 1970 culture of Californian surfers, as well as skaters.

If you ever had difficulty trying to picture a medieval knight on the sands of California, well, look no more!

Check out this fun collection here.

Photos Copyright Juan Antonio Àvalos.

Category › Catalan designers , Juan Antonio Àvalos , Spanish designers

Visual Poetry by Visual Poetry

Situated in Barcelona, Spain, Visual Poetry has been designing shirts, t-shirts, and sweatshirts since 2006.

The company was founded by young team of artists, ranging from music to graffiti.

The name of the label was derived from the poetic messages, which are applied to the garments as a means of meaningful expression instead of “nonsense.”

Visual Poetry maintains a high quality in the aesthetics of the garment, as well as in the ethics of its manufacturing, striving for organic processes.

See more tees here.

Photos Copyright Visual Poetry Barcelona.

Category › Catalan designers , Spanish designers , Visual Poetry

Georgina Vendrell Spring/Summer 2011 Collection “Sunset”

Since the dawn of the summer day that rested from whites, the mood of our body has changed with the sunlight stains of yellow and orange rays.

We approached the late afternoon with darker colors. Intense blue gave way to black for the night. Now, the color palette shows her the sun.

The forms are straight as the horizon of the sea and the textures are very Mediterranean: fresh and shiny details.

All this for an elegant and bold man, committed to the power of color and the combination of fabrics, such as linen, cotton, synthetic leather—period.

Floral and animal motifs give a summer point to a collection that seeks to promote the human skin.

See the collection here.

Photos Copyright Georgina Vendrell.

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