Showing posts with label Ana González. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ana González. Show all posts

Ana Locking: Insides

There´s a part of me in all of my collections, each of them reflect my worries and personal fears, parts of my being…

"INSIDES" plays with irony and double entendre. Physical insides versus emotional insides; a dissection of the duality of men; body and soul; flesh and spirit, the marriage between these two opposite concepts.

“INSIDES” is a story about decomposition and regeneration; life in motion. There are existential crises and lively emotions.

The prints in “INSIDES” are photographs of the insides of the human body captured by the lens of a microscope.

Materials and textures decorated with images of red corpuscles, leukocytes, muscle tissue, tendon; the paradox: that it is covering the outside with the inside.

Being able to literally see the insides of the body gives people the chance to see themselves in a whole new light.

Shapes
The clothes are tailored and perfectly structured. Sheer, lace, asymmetries and tailored belted jackets are some of the primary elements.

Colors & Textures
Pale skin, tanned skin, red blood, blue blood, yellow bile, bones and black that comes from the depths of the human being.

Photographic prints of the human body are the main motif of the collection and create a parade of abstract images that resemble natural landscapes.

Accessories
Jewelry is in the spotlight: circular charms hang from tangled chain necklaces and bracelets as a metaphor for red corpuscles intertwining with muscle tissue.

The shoes: sandals for men that allow room for the skin to breathe and python and leather stilettos for women with sky high heels complete the look.

See the entire collection here.

Photos & text Copyright Ana Locking.

Toledo—the City of Three Cultures

Yesterday I posted an article on a Spanish label entitled “Spinning Destiny” by Ana Locking.

Today I would like to introduce you to the world of the label’s founder and designer, Ana González, who was born in Toledo, Spain.

The first time I ever travelled to Spain was in 2004, at which time I visited Madrid and the surrounding cities of the nation’s capital with my father.

We spent a day in Toledo—capital of the autonomous region Castile-La Mancha—which is about 70 km from Madrid.

Toledo dates back to ancient times. The Romans called the fortified city Toletum (192BC-570AD), which passed to the Visigoths (570-711) as the capital of Spain and, then, on to the Moors (711-1085).

During the Moorish rule, Christians and Muslims coexisted, while a Jewish population sprouted into a flourishing community. In 1085, however, Toledo was conquered by King Alfonso IV, becoming part of the King of Castille.

Hence, Toledo has been the birthplace or home to many famous people and artists, including Spanish Renaissance artist El Greco and world-renown astronomer Al-Zarqali.

In 1986, Toledo was declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site for its cultural significance and heritage, as well as a location in which Moorish, Christian, and Jewish cultures coexisted for centuries.



Photo & slideshow Copyright Men's Fashion by Francesco.

“Spinning Destiny” by Ana Locking

For autumn/winter 2010, Spanish label Ana Locking explores destinations and perspectives of pleasure—the development of an aesthetic canon—in a collection entitled “Spinning Destiny.”

The young designer spins her vibrantly colored collection of destiny into an existential refection on fate and the human nature.

Ana ponders on whether fashion, as an expression, can be an instrument that interprets our fears and desires without sacrificing its inherent allure, aesthetic, and sensual pleasure.

She reflects on the opposite; that is, whether this “Beauty of Guilt” has no other choice but to “dissolve into the bitter impotence of form.”

The richness in color of Ana Locking’s 2010 autumn/winter collection is a mere reflection of her profound contemplations concerning destiny.

Her kaleidoscope of colorful meditations on the impact of fate on human nature and how it ultimately affects the makeup of our personality raises an important question.

“What part of the future depends on chance and what part depends on our character?”

Ana González was born 1970 in Toledo, Spain, and studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Madrid. Winner of multiple awards, Ana founded Ana Locking in 2008.



Photo & slideshow 2010 autumn/winter collection “Spinning Destiny” Copyright Ana Locking.