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The dark setting directly contrasted with Obando’s suits, dresses, and gowns; their lightweight fabrics and body-revealing cuts more commonly seen in spring and summer. As one model walked, her floor-length white caftan fluttered like a sail in the breeze.
story by Kari Jensen
photos by Charles Beckwith
A long bench along one side of an ominous warehouse faced the emptiness. A row of lights, spaced wide overhead, cutting through the gloom, punctuated by thunderous drum calls. Models passed one-by-one walking first near the bench and then circling into the murk, repeating this pattern again and again during Juan Carlos Obando’s two-hour Fall 2011 presentation. Continue reading “Juan Carlos Obando – Fall 2011”
While many shows containing western elements may boil down to a show filled with just too whips, stirrup pants, and bow girls, Juan Carlos Obando knows how to work the style, taking in thoughts from sources disparate as Akira Kurosawa and Leone’s spaghetti dramas.
story by Micheal Fragoso
photos by Freda Henry
The Wild West is here! Beautiful dust-sprayed jackets and cotton fabrics, riding skirts, and hand made union gowns billowed down the runway as though it were some fashionable prairie. Each piece was thoughtfully created and wearable. While many shows containing western elements may boil down to a show filled with just too whips, stirrup pants, and bow girls, Juan Carlos Obando knows how to work the style, taking in thoughts from sources disparate as Akira Kurosawa and Leone’s spaghetti dramas. Continue reading “Juan Carlos Obando Spring-Summer 2010 Collection”
