Cortés

I continue to present the jackets to you as if you had been at the official presentation day at Speed&Bacon. As I told you in the previous post, this collection is inspired by Mexico. For me, "something being inspired by" does not imply that the references can be clearly reflected in the collection, because otherwise, you run the risk of creating a costume design rather than a collection design. Thus, we take references to Mexico to fill the collection with colored stripes, skulls, gold, and above all, a story to link all the jackets. We can't help it, we love theater.

This is the first jacket we made with a completely new pattern. I wanted to make a straight, long, lapelled jacket, more masculine than the others but always flattering. After having a baby, there are curves you want to hide, and this jacket is ideal for that.

Once the pattern was made, it was time to think about the color, fabric, trimmings, etc. As it was the jacket that started the story, I imagined it would be for a Hernán Cortés of our time. Hence the richness in the braids on the cuffs, which denote the highest rank of captain-general with merits, blue like the seas he sailed, with a gusset at the back opening like sails, and mixing cotton with satin, a basic fabric with a much richer one, since Cortés was a soldier but also a law student in Salamanca, an explorer and conqueror of the vast Aztec empire and also... he was from Extremadura.


You can find all the information about the jacket here.

We will continue telling, or rather reviewing the story, another day.

Regards,
Marina Conde Cortés