Liselore Frowijn traveled to Mexico in search of material, the historical arts and crafts type, which she brought back to Amsterdam and injected into a lively spring collection.
She took the bright color schemes into psychedelic territory, reinventing the suit with a trenchcoat-inspired jacket and long, cuffed shorts.
Evoking desert hues, a button-up dress came in dusty rose jeans material with a drawstring waist. Shiny silver eco leather made from pineapple plants finished the look, also applied to a deconstructed jean jacket with lots of zippers.
Other touches: red pom-poms stitched to the sides of the lightest light blue shorts and images of the stern, snake-eating eagle perched on a cactus branch, the country’s symbol.
Defiance was another discovery of her Mexican travels, and Frowijn cited strong women, Frida Kahlo-style, as an inspiration. Written on the model’s faces models were “No wall” and “Furiosa.”
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“I made a twist in the collection to show them as military strong women that are empowering, of course.…It’s all about freedom, with Mexico as a symbol of this. Because a wall can’t prevent people from wanting to be free,” she explained after the show.