The nimble fingers behind this innovation of fashion’s less glamorous fastening belong to William Nunes at Efecto Limón, one of the brands stocked at his co-owned Barri Gòtic boutique Suno, which specializes in hand-made, locally produced garments. If reinvention, recycling and the concept of “variation on a classic” is a huge part of clothing design today, then this has to be a particularly ingenious example. The designers tell us that it’s painstaking, and sometimes haphazard work inventing (and patenting) your own textile manufacture technique. Each skirt must be meticulously sewn into its jaunty, flared shape and is literally made from one long, regular zipper.
The process may be laborious, but it’s certainly original, and the world’s media have been picking up on it. Websites, bloggers, and the New York Times have been name-checking Efecto Limón’s zips and they have even been sported by Spanish actress Rossy de Palma as well as band Ojos de Brujo who make especially fitting models for the bold and vampy flamenco-inflected pieces. Proof that the original punk ethic of being resourceful by subverting otherwise overlooked materials to create clothing can still yield some very stylish results – Malcolm McLaren may just have approved. Watch out for upcoming new designs online (skirts from 120 euros).
September 5, 2011
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