The first glimpse of AW23 came via Instagram, where the designer shared a photo of an ornate sofa covered in the same plastic wrap used by Latin American households to keep their furniture fresh. It was embroidered with the words “calle pero elegante” AKA “street but elegant”, which is a calling card for Lopez’s approach to design. On the catwalk, a mixture of street cast and professional models emerged from a mirrored maze carrying supersized iterations of Luar’s signature Top Handle handbag, dressed in sculptured coat-dresses with flecks of feathery antennae sprouting from hair.
Photography Hatnim Lee
