Francisco Cancino Mexico City Fall 2021 Collection

Effectively-known throughout the Mexican market—his personal model is 5 seasons outdated and he was Yakampot’s inventive director for 10 years—Francisco Cancino got down to query not simply his personal aesthetic however the follow of design itself this season. The outcome was a set with a playful spirit.

“I like tight silhouettes,” he instructed me. A evaluate of Cancino’s profession reveals that if something is out of his consolation zone it’s a corset and tight pants, much more so if each are product of leather-based. So, why would somebody who has primarily based his work totally on fluid and outsized shapes out of the blue begin to make fitted ones? It was by way of these explorations, he defined, that he discovered his liberation. However even in transferring away from his personal codes, he managed to take care of his essence, creating comfy and timeless clothes.

And never every part was about exploration; there was additionally plenty of trying internally to discover what a Cancino costume will be. The yellow maxi costume that got here in the direction of the tip of the present was a transparent instance of this. At first look, it was typical of his work with a flowing silhouette, pleats, and a vibrant colour, however this time he left the linen apart to strive a fragile silk.

The identical occurred with the remainder of the gathering. Little particulars altered the established order of his best-known designs, equivalent to a shirt with puffed sleeves that had been trapezoidal as a substitute of spherical, or a poncho with large pockets that gave a contemporary contact to the standard garment.

Exploring new floor, he labored with Rodete Studio, a Mexico Metropolis firm recognized for experimental jewellery, to create the fake piercings the fashions wore, which framed their faces in a fragile approach, whereas giving them a fierce protagonism.