Cirque du Soleil, Desigual team make Magic
The floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center looked like a lot more of a circus than usual on Tuesday at the Magic apparel trade show. That was due in significant portion to the acrobatic shenanigans of Cirque du Soleil performers, who bounded down the catwalk to highlight a new collaboration between the circus troupe and the Barcelona-based Spanish sportswear brand Desigual.
Referred to as “Desigual inspired by Cirque du Soleil,” the 60-piece debut collection for males, ladies and kids does not stray far from the distinctive eye-catching Desigual (pronounced “dezzy-GWAL”) aesthetic, which falls somewhere between a comic book confetti flurry and an explosion at a crayon factory. (Soon after all, the name translates to mean “unequal” as in “different” in English.)
The collection of clothing and accessories includes T-shirts, dresses, short dresses, handbags, totes and jackets. Costs will be mostly in the $ 59 to $ 98 range. A few statement pieces — like this season’s heavily embroidered jacket with gold foil detail at the shoulders, oversized enamel buttons and a cadre of clown-folk milling about the hem — are priced closer to $ 300.
Christian Lacroix For Desigual Collection
If Desigual doesn’t ring any familiar bells to you and you’re uncertain if you would like or dislike their creations put it this way: have you ever dreamed of wearing a patchwork quilt outside your house? If the answer is yes, then you will definitely love Desigual. If you’re answer is no, then, maybe, consider it for inside the house? Maybe?
Either way, Christian Lacroix collaborating with Desigual is great news and he absolutely is complimentary to the colorful Desigual style. This is the first collection, a second, larger one will follow in 2012. 30 pieces (jackets, skirts and lingerie) signed by Lacroix will be available this fall in the Desigual stores. Now if you don’t consider the patchwork dressing code normally, would a Lacroix patchwork change that for you? (Desigual via)
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