Hannibal Laguna: Petalscapes
Explore Hannibal Laguna's Petalscapes collection with whimsical shapes and vibrant textures that captivate the senses.
Updated 07:39 am EST, February 22, 2025
Published 07:39 am EST, February 22, 2025
Photo Courtesy: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid
Hannibal Laguna’s latest collection, Petalscapes, was presented in Madrid’s Fashion Week. Floral petal landscapes, whimsical shapes, delicious scents, precious colors, and velvety textures inspire it. The collection has a captivating, sensual aesthetic that utilizes chiffons and vibrant textures adorned with embossed petals. In this floral vision, the intimate designs are intertwined in playful and poetic outfits.
The clothes are united in wide and sinuous shapes with suggestive asymmetrical openings. The shell mini dresses and the sculpted silhouettes have straight lines that accentuate shoulders and waist, made in fluffy silk crêpes that suggest a fluid beauty and uses lace, acetate, openwork fabrics and organza devoré to create gorgeous clothes.
A Palette of Desire
The color palette for this collection includes coral pink, which symbolizes desire, creativity, and vitality. In addition, the palette also incorporates earthy colors, soft greens, desert ochre, and sunny white gold. One can see the vision of embroidered gardens, cascades of leaves, and beds of laser-drawn petals outlined with fine silk cords.
Hannibal Laguna 'Petalscapes' collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid - February 2025
Hannibal Laguna has managed to merge artistic excellence with craftsmanship, technology, and classic tailoring. The brand is unique in combining complex haute couture techniques to create ready-to-wear collections that offer pieces that endure over time. More importantly, Hannibal Laguna’s commitment to sustainability is evident in every piece, reassuring the audience of the brand’s responsible practices and encouraging their support.
Petalscapes the collection focuses on reconnecting emotions, feelings and memories to offer ideas inspired by the lightness and simplicity of rustling petals.
Background
Hannibal Laguna was born in Caracas and grew up with his parents, managing one of the most prominent children’s fashion brands of the 70s. At the age of 15, he moved to Europe and studied tailoring in Milan, specializing in volumetric construction and the technique of modeling on mannequins.
Hannibal Laguna 'Petalscapes' collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid - February 2025
The firm Hannibal Laguna was founded in 1987 as part of a small family textile company. Since then, it has evolved and grown, staying true to its roots while embracing new opportunities. The first collection, “Concorde,” was awarded the Air France prize and selected by Paco Rabanne to represent Spain in the United States in the international show “Europe in the USA.” This journey is one that the audience can feel connected to and be a part of.
Hannibal Laguna 'Petalscapes' collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid - February 2025
The brand later created Isabel Angulo, co-founder of the firm, as director of the brand, and for more than three decades, they have developed signature fashion collections and limited edition accessories faithful to their origin and the romantic, feminine, and sophisticated style that defined them.
The Collection
Recovering from an obsession with Italian-designed menswear, Alfonso decided to take a deeper look into women’s fashion to see how our relationship among clothing, society, and business has changed. Educated as an economist with an MBA, he travels between Chicago, Miami, and Mexico on a search to see what happens next to fashion.
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