{"id":15016,"date":"2012-02-13T13:57:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T17:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modacycle.com\/?p=15016"},"modified":"2012-02-13T13:59:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T17:59:31","slug":"christian-cota-fall-2012-crafted-couture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/2012\/02\/13\/christian-cota-fall-2012-crafted-couture\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Cota – Fall 2012 – Crafted Couture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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story by Chloe Bensahel
\nphotos by Ned and Aya Rosen
\nweb editor Rachel Rene\u00e9<\/p>\n

Christian Cota<\/a>\u2019s Fall 2012 collection proved that, though Cota\u2019s strength lies in his prints, he is first and foremost a sculptor. Upon viewing his collection, one is quick to see that he designs with the woman\u2019s every angle in mind; the front, the back, and even that ever-so-slightly three quarter view that only she can detect when she looks in the mirror. Cota\u2019s clothes wrap around the woman\u2019s body not just to clothe it, but rather to hug and brush it so that she may walk out into the world as an empowered individual.<\/p>\n

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designer Christian Cota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The designer looked to his Mexican roots for this season\u2019s collection. Dense and tactile were the first of many words to come to mind while viewing the show. Impressions of weavings so rich they could\u2019ve been the very fabrics they were inspired by filled the wooden pedestals, placed in the center of The Standard Hotel\u2019s fully wooden room. Teal and terracotta tones made multiple appearances, including one fur and leather jacquard poncho whose luxury was worthy of a European couture house.<\/p>\n

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Cota, this season, stayed true to his codes of asymmetry, both from side to side and from front to back. Asymmetrical necklines and hemlines, such as that of the desert plaid print embroidered skirt, gave Cota\u2019s traditional prints a modern twist. Other details carried out from previous collections included an open weave sweater, and couture details like hand-finished seams. Desire filled the room, as all were wide-eyed for his feminine yet cutting-edge designs. Cota has elevated himself to the status of \u201ccouturier,\u201d as this collection\u2019s craft and excellence were flagrant. When garments demand events to be worn to, one knows that luxury has been attained. Cota has certainly, here, created a collection that demands events that match its one-of-a-kind quality.<\/p>\n

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Christian Cota\u2019s Fall 2012 collection proved that, though Cota\u2019s strength lies in his prints, he is first and foremost a sculptor.<\/span> Upon viewing his collection, one is quick to see that he designs with the woman\u2019s every angle in mind; the front, the back, and even that ever-so-slightly three quarter view that only she can detect when she looks in the mirror. Cota\u2019s clothes wrap around the woman\u2019s body not just to clothe it, but rather to hug and brush it so that she may walk out into the world as an empowered individual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,733],"tags":[344,785],"class_list":["post-15016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-shows-and-events","tag-christian-cota","tag-fall-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}