Diane of A Shaded View of Fashion at Take Off by Elisava School

19 July 2010 By Vera Ciria 0 In Events

What to do when a concept is good but reality falls flat? For the final presentation of the Elisava’s Fashion Design Master, the students took to the street and presented their collections through performances.

The Ramblas at 19:00 on a Friday evening is packed with people, which I suppose caused greater impact. Fashion shows are already filled with people; having to factor in jostling for elbow room on the street was just plain complicated.

Confusing to say the least, it was such a pity that a great concept, bringing fashion on to the street, quickly become quite chaotic. After all the hard work that each student had placed on each of their garments, the minimum to be expected, would be to view with pleasure the end results. Elisava has great spaces within the building, not to mention a plaza upon their doorstep, which probably would have been more appropriate.

The high point of the event was seeing Diane Pernet of the renown, A Shaded View of Fashion. Even she was having a bit of a tough time with the crowds of people characteristic to Las Ramblas. I soon decided to make a run for it as I was tired for fighting for elbow space. Kudos for the great concept but a little more thought has to go into the realization so as to gain a much greater impact and give the students the much needed, appropriate “take off” that they deserve.

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