"Until about a decade ago, Loewe was a little-known 170-ish year old Spanish leather house with a touchy-feely penchant for nice suede the colour of Iberian sand, and the Achilles tendon of a pretty much unpronounceable name. In the interim, it's been catapulted to multi-billion Euro fashion prominence, through collections that clashed eras, recontextualised surreal as accessories, and via the Puzzle, one of the few genuinely inventive handbag designs of the 21st century."
"For their first collection, incoming creative directors Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough push that idea to new extremes. What can define craft in the 21st century? How about injection-moulding, or apparently seamless leather clothes shaped like chassis around the body, or La Isla Bonita Spanish lullaby ruffles abstracted to panes of cloth peeling away from the body. Craft, in short, doesn't need to look crafty."
"These booties are a good example: crafted from a single piece of PVC, like hyper fashionable iterations of the humble and much-maligned wellington boot, they are sold with a matching trio of socklets to allow a flash of changeable colour within. The overall aesthetic is witchypoo halloween boot, meets space-age oddity and - especially when proposed in this virulent Bird's Custard shade of synthetic yellow - it's a compelling mix."
Loewe has risen from a relatively little-known Spanish leather house to major fashion prominence through collections that clash eras and recontextualize surreal ideas as accessories. The brand is associated with craft across hand-woven fabrics, knitwear, and highly worked leather goods, including the inventive Puzzle handbag. New creative directors push craft into new extremes by using injection-moulding and creating apparently seamless leather garments shaped like chassis around the body. Spanish lullaby ruffles are abstracted into cloth panels that peel away from the body. PVC booties are made from a single piece and sold with matching socklets for changeable color, creating a witchy Halloween-meets-space-age look.
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