Last week, Spanish designer Sonia Carrasco debuted her AW26 collection at Maison des Compagnons du Devoir during Paris Fashion Week. The ready-to-wear collection foregrounds craftsmanship, spotlighting Carrasco’s signature tailoring and knitwear. The Cold Magazine went backstage to see how this vision was pieced together.
Rooted in an ethos that centres process, the collection renders construction visible. Raw hems, topstitching, exposed seams and suit facings create a language of deconstruction, in progress and in motion; this deliberation becomes a quiet resistance that contrasts with the more traditional tailoring techniques Carrasco employs across blazers, shirting and outerwear. Even woven shirting is styled in an atypical yet contemporary way, resulting in something both formal and informal in tone.
Across menswear and womenswear, androgynous, boxy silhouettes are realised through layered outerwear and oversized knitwear. The persistent contrasts embedded in Carrasco’s designs are further highlighted through stylisation: mixing knitwear, wovens and leather introduces a playful and tactile quality that runs throughout. A subdued palette, derived from traditional suiting, is punctuated by bolder accents of red and warm earthy tones.
Carrasco’s commitment to sustainability sits at the core of her practice and is reflected in the techniques that recur throughout the collection. Placing slow fashion at the forefront, AW26 remains thoughtful, considered and distinctly reminiscent of the designer’s identity.
