"A court of infants and their meninas, Like a pictural manifesto, a return to the Spanish Golden Age.
The perspective of the lines is disrupted by the metamorphosis and distortion of the volumes as a reference to the monumental artworks of marble, resin or metal from the Spanish sculptor Manolo Valdes.
The gowns open up, bloom and blossom in a solar yet profound atmosphere.
The Iberian rigor confimrs a geniune solemnity of the cut.
A cardinal tunic of a black watered fabric crosses the soaring of a jacket or a corolla skirt made of gazar.
Crystal or golden chain flows escape from a corset of leather macrame and fallon satin pajama pants and dramatic crinolines from Valdes.
Wide jumpsuits and puffed court dresses in golden gauze proudly convey rich embroideries of golden sequins, mother of pearl beads and malachite cabochons.
A parenthesis.
A tryptic of cutout white sheath dresses bear gigantic magnolias and let a crystal rain flow from a breast.
Heads are crowned. Manes of golden leaves frame the face.
Headpieces of black rattan cane and crystal nets imprison the tidy buns of the infants.”
Stéphane Rolland.
© Stéphane Rolland
