Out of the Darkness: ALBA PRAT
Tron movie-1982
Alba Prat comes out of the darkness with pure perfection and a witty architectural style. After finishing her studies at Environmental Science she started working as a technician in Barcelona where she met the true passion of her life; fashion design. The white cubic pattern of her work comes from a cult film from 1982, Tron. She explains the film as taking place in multiple universes: the real and the virtual. Through a laser people are converted in to pixels and that is where Alba Pratt gets the three dimensional inspiration for her collection. She says: “The film has a strong retro character given by the era of production, which coexists with a high-tech nature. Both aspects are the basis of my collection. It consists of androgyny, straight silhouettes out of wool, leather, cotton and lack.” Observing Alba Prat’s previous works from SS and the prior FW, I realize that whatever form or shape she picks to scrutinize- cubic or circular- she does it in a way that seems all mechanical. It is almost a modern day version of the old Japanese culture of Origami. Everything fits so perfectly and in line with each other to create a world of puzzles within puzzles each one leading to another pixel which becomes a game of tetris. Everything has to fit within each other.
Alba Prat has great potential as an artist, as a designer, a fashion designer and possibly follow the lead of the great pioneers in the field as Lucy Orta and Hussein Chalayan. Looking forward to see her latest collections! Must watch.
Photographer: Jonas Lindström
Hair & Make up: Tatjana Kühr
niente by nil
I love the shoes.