Fely Campo: Lei Zu

By Alfonso de Hoyos-Acosta

Updated 01:33 pm EDT, September 16, 2024

Published 01:33 pm EDT, September 16, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

Fely Campo: Lei Zu

Fely Campo's Lei Zu is not just a collection. It is a journey to the origin of fashion, a magic carpet ride along the Silk Road.

By Alfonso de Hoyos-Acosta

Updated 01:33 pm EDT, September 16, 2024

Published 01:33 pm EDT, September 16, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

Fely Campo was born in Salamanca in 1959. At 13, she picked up a needle and a thimble for the first time, realizing that fashion helped her overcome her shyness. At 15, she began to develop a group of followers who wore her designs. Passionate and self-taught, she began to market her designs, specializing in modeling, industrial pattern making, and styling.

The fashion firm Fely Campo was born in Salamanca in 1997. In 2003, it began its international expansion, specializing in evening and bridal collections. For more than 40 years, Fely Campo has dedicated itself to dressing women worldwide, applying the study of tailor-made dresses to the body, and becoming a benchmark in the sector, inside and outside Spain’s borders. 

This dedication to women’s fashion has not only created a global community of Fely Campo enthusiasts but also a sense of inclusivity and belonging. In 2018, she began to be part of ACME, where she managed to be a finalist for the National Fashion Awards.

Fely Campo 'Lei Zu' collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

Long History of Creativity

Fely Campo has a rich history of collaboration with different artists on various projects, a testament to the brand’s commitment to creativity and innovation. She has participated in the most prestigious fairs for years and presented her collections in showrooms in Milan and London. These collaborations have not only enriched her collections but also brought a unique and inspiring perspective to her designs.

Fely Campo’s collections are not just about fabric and design; they are a celebration of women and their evolution. She draws inspiration from women’s everyday challenges, firmly believing that fashion is a powerful tool to enhance their beauty and confidence. Her feminine, timeless, and exclusive pieces have created a universe that resonates with women, marked by an elegant, sober style and excellent pattern design.

Fely Campo 'Lei Zu' collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

Ride Along the Silk Road

The ‘Lei Zu’ collection is an aesthetic journey of 29 sophisticated looks, inspired by the designer’s recent trip to Guangzhou. It begins with the masterful use of tweed and artisanal Chinese silks, and progresses to include the volumes of taffetas, the essentiality of linens, printed brocades, and the subtlety of organza and tulle embroidered with sequins.

Fely Campo 'Lei Zu' collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

Throughout this journey, “Lei Zu” is an ode to the richness of the fabric that reaches its maximum expression thanks to the silhouettes and the care of the cuts. The overlays of pieces, the volumes created by the taffeta, and the cuts of the more structured tailored silhouettes become protagonists of the first stages of that path in tweeds and linen suits that are deconstructed to show us more lingerie and sensual figures with shirt dresses and lace maxi kaftans until reaching the hypnotic movement of the trains of the most vaporous dresses.

The ‘Lei Zu’ collection captivates the eye with a palette of powdery tones: crystalline blues, pearly whites, soft lilacs, and warm beiges, punctuated by the acidity of limes and radiant pistachios. This is a celebration of light, culminating in the long-awaited golden brushstrokes on the black Chinese silks. ‘Lei Zu’ is not just a collection. It is a journey to the origin of fashion, a magic carpet ride along the Silk Road.

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