Tailor revolution: how the suit jacket reconciles innovation with tradition
These tributes and reinterpretations talk about how to go back to what is known to work but adding improvements and, perhaps, novelties that speak of progress, an idea that is also in the speech of Blanca Bleis, who does not remain outside of which ones are the most pressing issues now in the industry. “We all have a focus on the circular and sustainable economy, and that does not only happen because of environmentally friendly fabrics, but also because of giving our garments a second life,” she says. “In our case, we make garments from old collections available that can be ordered by pre-order. In this way, we continue to use leftover fabrics from our workshop and give it a new life without throwing it away.” Some fabrics that, for Álvarez, are the focus of innovation in his sector: "Each season they are surprising us when the samples do not arrive at the atelier, with new techniques when spinning the fabrics and with inserts of other materials not previously seen with these". In addition, the Madrid-based Sevillian detects a large number of "fantasy fabrics and more party fabrics for more classic patterns in tailoring to achieve that balance between modernity and classicism" and "many reds, intense greens and bright colors that we have not seen before." been accustomed in this last year”.
That harmony between opposites that Álvarez refers to is one with which the entire tailoring sector works, positioning itself as one of the industries that demonstrates that revolution and evolution without losing sight of the bases that make you be who you are, it is possible. After all, as Gordon-Smith says, there are few pieces that can be so decontextualized and capable of “merging the desire to feel comfortable in a more formal way”.
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