Another day, another show. This time I got to see MARCOS CARRAZANA’S “MAGNOLIAS” S/S2014 which was quite interesting.
Like OF ATELIER’s presentation, it opened the show with the newly crowned Miss Universe PR 2014, Gabriela Berrios and closed with current Miss Universe PR 2013, Monic Perez. Now, let’s talk about the fashion itself.
Carrazana’s designs completely wowed you one moment and would leave you scratching your head the next. The best pieces from the show? The beautiful color blocked skirts. They made a statement! The tops paired with them worked great and the colors were stunning. It was a great choice to open the show with one of them.
Kudos to Marcos for using the crop tops! Midriffs are very in now and he used the trend to his advantage. He also played with some very interesting prints, although not as successfully. Some looked like pajamas or old lady mumus :/
The only print that really worked was the tropical green one. I especially liked the look with the matching top and bottom modeled by Melanie Rivera. The other that I liked was the white with lots of colors and birds, but to me that only worked in the long dress with cap sleeves modeled by Desiree Abrahams . I LOVE THAT DRESS!
You know what I HATED?! The flower things attached to some of the pieces. They looked like loofahs! It belongs in the bathroom for a reason!
Another I didn’t get? Those lace bibs on the printed dresses. They looked crazy, matronly and UGLY!!
I kinda liked the gold brocade fabric pieces, they looked very pretty but I had 2 problems with them.
1) They looked totally out of place with the rest of the collection
2) They sorta reminded me of some pieces Luis Antonio did for his “Addicted to love” S/S 2013 collection.
The lace pieces were cute, nothing completely innovating or different enough to be stunning. I did like the last red lace gown with the beaded details. That looked gorgeous. I also liked the lace crop top with the pants. Really nice guipure fabric!
As for the strapless fuschia gown modeled by Gretchen Capó, I thought was pretty and sexy, but there is something about the fit in the boobs that looks weird to me.
The white lace top with the gold siren skirt looked so gorgeous and chic. It was one of my favorites. As for the closing gown, modeled by Monic, It was pretty, but I was left waiting for the wow factor.
What do you think? Do you think I’m overreacting about the loofahs or the prints? Sound off in the comments!
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