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The renewed winds and international trends in today’s Cuban
fashion have found a strong source of inspiration in white-color
designs as the cloth’s luminosity, transparency and freshness
have dazzled local designers who once again have turned white into
the standard-bearer color on the island nation’s voguish wardrobe.
For way too long forgotten and pigeonholed for baby’s wear,
religious rituals or wedding gowns, white garments have staged
a spectacular comeback as a result of the toilsome efforts of
such prestigious artists as Mercy Nodarse, winner of some major
international awards in fashion design.
Elements of both Caribbean and Latin American culture have helped
bring white color back to life –especially in Brazil- as
designers cut out exclusively tacky choices out of linen, cotton
and crepe, all ratcheted in a realm of pleated and crocheted weaving
that have conquered the most demanding audiences.
White versions in Cuba and Brazil
Two other outstanding local fashioners like Alida Gutierrez and
Evidio Perdomo lavishly use white in their own designs, either
in skirt-blazer or trousers-blazer matches, as well as in shirts
or stunning patchwork-tailored nightgowns.
I don’t think white designing in Cuba is just a flash in
the pan, but rather all the way around. In the same breath, for
Brazilian fashioners this has always been the color of choice
in their designs, thus turning this daily wear into a white-worshipping
of sorts.
Fortunately, we Cubans have acquired a frenzied taste for this
particular color for this is the hue that better fits in our distinctiveness.
By doing so, we both dress elegantly and rubberstamp the never-ending
kingdom of white. |
