About Me
HI, I’M ESTRELLA, A GRADUATE FROM MANCHESTER FASHION INSTITUTE
As a Spanish citizen I found inspiration in my roots and culture. Exploring the diversity within Spain’s own traditions and costumes, which are commonly extravagant and juxtaposing them with the beauty of the ordinary, such as the day to day act of butchery and everything that it involves.
My intention was to portray within my work the beauty of a culture that is seen through a lens of toughness. Besides challenging the social construct of beauty by examining the ugly along with my fascination for the Spanish costumbrist scene.
INSPIRATION
MY CONCEPT WAS BUILT AND DEVELOPED FROM A SIMPLE TRIP TO THE BUTCHERS WITH MY GRANDMOTHER.
Juxtaposing the beauty of the traditional spanish dresses with a more grotesque element such as raw meat. I have always felt weirdly fascinated with butchery and the whole process of preserving and cutting meat. I was attracted to the concept of an object that has had life but has suddenly become something with a completely different purpose and facade and that its turned into something lifeless.
Another important part of the narrative of this project is my culture and how my early memories and stories growing up have effected and defined my personality. My early memories of day-to-day events with both of my grandmothers and my mother are the most valuable to me. I also wanted to emphasize the strength, grace and care with what Spanish women handle everything, which are characteristics that influenced the concept of this project and the type of woman that I want to dress.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
DETAIL
THE SOUL AND THE VISCERAL
My narrative from this year’s project studies the whole idea of the death of the body, the carnal and fleshy parts that slowly decompose and how the soul remains intact. I tried to reflect about the soul and reinterpretate its shape and form my own perception.
“There is beauty in everything, as long as you look at it from the right perspective”.
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