This season the Mexican Designer Ricardo Seco took inspiration from his Mexican tradition and mixed it with the New York edge to make for a bold and eclectic Ready-to-Wear collection this Fall/Winter 2016.
This past Wednesday, Feb. 3rd Ricardo Seco presented his 9th collection “TIME” during New York Fashion Week Men’s at the Skylight Clarkson North.
Vibrant shades of blue and blush fur on coats and pops of neon green on the turtlenecks brought in the fiesta flare. The Mexican Sarape was a inspiration to the designer and can be seen in capes. Speedy Gonzalez, a commonly known character in the Mexican culture is also featured on many of the pieces.
The collection’s theme really carried itself taking traditional inspiration and innovating it to make it contemporary throughout “Time”. The two shades of black and white were prominent with a balancing pop of color that adds life to these pieces. The touch of modernity is very visible, and the entire collection is very versatile with turtlenecks layered over with long coats never sparing a detail. The presentation was clean and modern as the models all stood in a white room with the two most culturally symbolic pieces front and center with traditional Latin music setting the vibes, the collection showcasing the difference between traditional Mexican fashion and ways that it can be styled today.
“It’s street but it has the right details of sophistication you can use during the day to night” Says designer Ricardo Seco
BACKSTAGE
For hair and makeup on the men the team used Axe Salt Spray to diffuse and to create a more dry texture. For Women they used a Axe Salt Spray to get that collection and then using the Messy Matte Paste that adds separation to the hair and doesn’t make the hair to greasy or shiny looking.
Ricardo Seco Interview
Q: What was your inspiration why Mexico for this collection?
“It’s always Mexico, I am from Mexico and I am inspired by the Sarape because it is the cape we use in the north of Mexico. I’m keeping the tradition, and do it with innovation. I do my own design and I work with the museum of Sarape and the School of Sarape in Saltillo, the state I am from. I use the popular colors of white and black in this collection, it’s like Mexico meets the streets of New York because it has a lot of black, and I take the clothing I see in New York like a bomber and biker jacket and I add into it the symbolic Mexican character Speedy Gonzales and put him on the back.”
Q: Would you say this collection gives you more of a street vibe?
A: It’s a mix. I think that it’s street but it has sophisticated details and you can use the clothing during the night or in the day. In my presentation you can really mix the pieces and see the difference between the looks in the day in the night. I like to use colorful fur and sometimes that may look better in the day but you can really see the mix. You can also see some items with the festive look, but in the presentation I really want you to the really big picture, and choose what you like, and mix it with your own style.
Q: Are you living in New York?
A: I live here but I go from New York to Mexico often.
Q: How is your experience presenting here?
A: It’s a big experience because when I started in my country it was different there wasn’t really an industry. Staying here with the big labels and brands, there is a possibility of maybe making big things happen here if you do something well. For this reason I am here presenting here, this is my 9th collection in New York.”
Ricardo Seco Hair – Presented by AXE
Q: How did you achieve this look on the models?
“For the look on the guys it’s more of a dryer texture and a fluffy look. For that we used the salt spray and we diffused that in the hair to try to get any type of natural wave or movement out, and then we went over with a 1 inch curling iron to make it wavy and manipulate it. If men had straight hair we did the same thing to make it wavy and curly. They wanted the look to be all in the face for the guys. For the girls, they wanted to have a nice clean center part, and so what we did was we used a salt spray and diffused that in. After we got the texture in there we installed the part and after that we put in the Messy Look Matte Paste by Axe. This gives you a bit of separation in the hairline but it doesn’t make it too greasy, shiny looking. Then we went in and backcombed the surface of the part. “
