Sybilla's retrospective reflects a career spanning four decades in fashion
LONDON — The Sala Canal de Isabel II, a showroom in Madrid, Spain, which looks like a beacon from the outside, highlights the work of local fashion designer Sybilla, who rose to prominence in the 80s with avant-garde minimalist designs.
The retrospective, titled "The Invisible Thread", is the designer's largest exhibition to date, until January .15, and organized by her friend Laura Cerrato Mera.
It will include over 80 pieces of Sybilla's designs, as well as catalogs, runway footage, sumptuous invitations, press clippings and artifacts to illustrate the designer's four-decade career.
Related GalleriesThe exhibition space is divided into five sections spread over five floors — "The Basting Thread" , "The Warp Thread", "The Weft Thread", "The Thread of Time" and "A Thread of Whispers" – to follow the success of Sybilla.
"Preparing for this exhibition under the direction of Laura Cerrato required me to evaluate and rationalize somehow my working processes over the years and, through my conversations with her, helped me understand them,” Sybilla says.
The exhibition begins in the 1980s, when the designer was part of the counter-cultural movement La Movida Madrileña which took place after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. It was there that Sybilla established her creations by sharing them with her community and began a long-standing collaboration with photographers Javier Vallhonrat and Juan Gatti.
"The invisible thread" at Sala Canal de Isabel II. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett
Sybilla has always had a flair for architecture in her clothes - on display on the second floor is her practice to paint fabrics and play with carvings and geometry, which extended to bridal wear.
Sensuality and beauty are the theme of the third section, "The Weft Thread", where Sybilla presents contrasting ideas, including angles and curves, rigidity and fluidity, black and color, extravagance and simplicity in her 1989 "Airport" collection, and pieces from her Sy...
LONDON — The Sala Canal de Isabel II, a showroom in Madrid, Spain, which looks like a beacon from the outside, highlights the work of local fashion designer Sybilla, who rose to prominence in the 80s with avant-garde minimalist designs.
The retrospective, titled "The Invisible Thread", is the designer's largest exhibition to date, until January .15, and organized by her friend Laura Cerrato Mera.
It will include over 80 pieces of Sybilla's designs, as well as catalogs, runway footage, sumptuous invitations, press clippings and artifacts to illustrate the designer's four-decade career.
Related GalleriesThe exhibition space is divided into five sections spread over five floors — "The Basting Thread" , "The Warp Thread", "The Weft Thread", "The Thread of Time" and "A Thread of Whispers" – to follow the success of Sybilla.
"Preparing for this exhibition under the direction of Laura Cerrato required me to evaluate and rationalize somehow my working processes over the years and, through my conversations with her, helped me understand them,” Sybilla says.
The exhibition begins in the 1980s, when the designer was part of the counter-cultural movement La Movida Madrileña which took place after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. It was there that Sybilla established her creations by sharing them with her community and began a long-standing collaboration with photographers Javier Vallhonrat and Juan Gatti.
"The invisible thread" at Sala Canal de Isabel II. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett
Sybilla has always had a flair for architecture in her clothes - on display on the second floor is her practice to paint fabrics and play with carvings and geometry, which extended to bridal wear.
Sensuality and beauty are the theme of the third section, "The Weft Thread", where Sybilla presents contrasting ideas, including angles and curves, rigidity and fluidity, black and color, extravagance and simplicity in her 1989 "Airport" collection, and pieces from her Sy...
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