Arantxa Morcillo ‘From el Bolson to Chuquicamata’ Collection

Emerging designer Arantxa Morcillo presents her collection “From el Bolson to Chuquicamata”, an initiatory travel to South America. After a year of exploration of the old New World, the artist returns with her most captivating collection yet. Part of the thematic series “Road To Fashion”, “From El Bolsón to Chuquicamata” captures the raw nature and living of the rural South American continent.In an ode to a different life soil, soul and survival are the elements combined to express the designer view of a different culture.

This collection take inspiration from the colours of the earth, the humongous immensity of the Atacama desert, the cult of pagan saints, “Paja brava” -a grass that grows in the heights of the andean mountains, where very few living creatures dare to live-.

A colour pallet born from the richest shades of the earth: ochre browns, tan, gold yellows, amber red, leaf greens. Fabrics like cotton, the eco-leather or the neoprene build this indispensable collection that was presented at Oxford Fashion Studio show during London Fashion Week.

Arantxa Morcillo graduated in Fashion Design (BA), obtaining a Distinction Award by Heriot-Watt University in collaboration with West London College. Since the beginning of her career she has presented a genuinely curiosity to experiment with materials, forms and silhouettes, and this has lead her to explore her creativity and reflect it in her designs.

An obsessive attention to research about her influences and inspiration sources, is essential in her creative process which evolves in rich and intimate collections. Although her career was molded in London, she still kept a deeply Spanish heritage, that became an imperative influence in her projects.

Melanie Stockman

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