Because of the similarity of the family name, I had the right to paint the portrait of Elisa Palomino (thanks to my mother and father).
It is in the private showroom of MVGD Communication, that I went to meet Maggie Geoffroy-Dechaume, for a visual preview of the first collection fall / winter 2010/2011 of Elisa Palomino, presented during the New York Fashion Week.
In this refined and serene setting, the few pieces on display tell us the story of a woman who is « feminine to death » and devilishly seductive. The wanderings of a free woman who appropriates not only the materials: lace as suede, velvet as mesh, tulle as silk …, but also juggles with colors: « nude », yellow, orange, pink, fuchsia, lilac, and black. A woman always succeeds in several things at once, it is well known.
We fall in emotion in front of the hats in flowers pricked, and we say to ourselves that in the absence of the rifle, the flower wears like a charm within a hair.
Who is she?
(No, it’s not me, I have an alibi, I was not born in the 60’s in Valencia).
Elisa Palomino, it is the influence of a grandmother a little crazy and a mother restorer of works of art, it is also a solid formation in Fashion Design within the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, with Alexander McQueen, Antonio Berardi, and Hussein Chalayan as classmates…
On the professional level, a beautiful ascension which brought her to work at MOSCHINO, CHRISTIAN DIOR, and CAVALLI, in each time more important positions. But in 2008, Elisa left Paris for New York and became VP (Vice President) of Design at Diane Von Furstenberg.
Today, she launches herself. This eponymous collection may seem, to many, the logical continuation of the career of a great lady. In any case, no one can deny that it is a beautiful work, and that Elisa Palomino offers to the woman a new way of being in the world, of asserting herself, and of seducing.
For those of you who are a bit stuck, Elisa Palomino has honored us with an interview with LUXSURE in the coming weeks, which will of course be included in the May issue.
Elisa Palmer / LUXSURE
Photo credits: Dan Lecca
Photo credits: Elisa Palmer