The inspiration behind CANDELA is a collection of festivities from the Peruvian Altiplano and South Andes. An exuberant color palette has been synthesized into two distinctive paths, one pastel like and one of vivid colors, all tied by a foundation of a very particular brown, an essential tone that can be found in almost all the region.
Geometry plays a main role. ESCVDO takes triangles or rhomboids so common in pre-columbian iconography. This is a collection where threads have been in-house designed, with plenty of jacquard fabrics and unique ways of looming. Patronage wise, the complexity of the design is easy to spot: a style inherited from a period when Spanish techniques were mixing with Andean volumes, becomes contemporary. CANDELA is city wear with details that expand through time and geography.
