When it comes to fashion, New York always pays tribute to itself. The great return of Tommy Hilfiger (with a walkway preppy bathed in white, red and blue), the collection of Michael Kors -inspired by her grandmother-, and the anniversary of Altuzarra were some of the 70 presentations that took place in the Big Apple, within the framework of the Fall-Winter 2024 Fashion Week.

Likewise, the debut with his eponymous brand of Gabriela Hearstthe Uruguayan designer that Chloe left, and the first fashion show outside of Paris Ludovic de Saint Sernin They were also highlighted.

However, the Carolina Herrera show on the 41st floor of 180 Maiden Lane, a brand new skyscraper on the banks of the East River. defined the power of beauty and classicism. He did it with views of the Brooklyn Bridge and was positioned as the most elegant of the season, underscoring the utmost importance of a house that never loses its identity and keeps alive the timelessness that characterizes it.

BRAIN: WES GORDON

Hoy, Carolina Herrera is led by Wes Gordon, who perfectly manages to respect the DNA of the maison. Since 2017 she is the one who makes all the elections. The designer thus defined the guideline for the 58 looks created for this winter 2024/25 collection: “It is really about beauty as strength and strength as beautyand to break with the idea that the two are mutually exclusive.”

Gordon was born in the United States and moved to London to study at Central Saint Martins, where he graduated with honours. specialized in women’s wardrobe. He returned to his home country, managing to work with Oscar de la Renta and Tom Ford. He also opened his own brand, which he went on to sell at Saks Fifth Avenue and Harrods.

LUNGS: THE POWER OF BEAUTY

The first look seen on the catwalk was impressive: red shirt, black pants and a spiral skirt starting from the waist. They continued with an eighties tailored suit and a striped strapless dress – characteristic of Herrera – to continue with outfits in red, black and white.

The catwalk, without a doubt, took a more playful direction by imposing a 3⁄4 gray jacket with a Mao collar, no buttons in sight and with pink flowers hand-painted on the fabric. New colorssuch as yellow, violet and pink, appeared in volumetric shapes and printed dresses, paying tribute to the Venezuelan origin of the creator of the house.

Finally, evening dresses in tulle (without the petticoats that characterized them in the past) along with sensual and powerful necklines, they were mixed with sleeves, balloons and bags in XXL structures and rhinestones.

With a more architectural and pure silhouette, without leaving aside the shirts, ruffles and skirts, this new collection gave new air of beauty for a timeless woman.

HEART: THE HERRERA STYLE

Carolina Herrera began her career as a designer in New York in 1981.and from that moment on its objective was always the same: classicism, femininity and elegance. A white shirt, a pleated skirt and stilettos are enough to show the hallmarks of a timeless and unique style.

The designer changed over the years. She launched her renowned line of perfumes with Puig, imposed her ready-to-wear collections and also knew when to let the house follow her direction under the decisions of her successor.

In this last parade she attended with her daughter, where with her look she made it clear that Its elegance remains intact. The heart of his style continues to beat as it has for 33 years. A machine that pumps and keeps alive, for a long time, a body inhabited by fashion itself.

“I am capable of achieving anything if I set my mind to it,” was the phrase that Andrea Rincon used to describe herself in 2007, in her first appearance in front of the camera. The rest of the speech, personal marketing of the most effective to attract the attention of the producers of a reality show and the audience who would watch it, although without breaking the truth. Her life was somewhat turbulent at that time and her family ties were somewhat complex; something that led to consequences that she had to deal with for years, many in a public and cruel way.

Since she was a child she had wanted to be an actress. However, the rating springboard for a time seemed to take her away from that goal instead of closer. But she had already said it: it was capable of achieving anything if he proposed it. After some flirtations with fictions like Only youin which he made brief appearances, his big opportunity came thanks to Lion day in 2016, led by Nancy Dupláa. “Nancy took care of me from start to finish, she and all the actors who did Lion day. You won’t forget that human group again,” she remembers with affection.

With several films coming out in 2024 (he recently did the podcast The girls say and participate in Who pays for the party in Rock & Pop), takes time to reflect on his present and assures: “It’s good to be able to nourish others and that’s what the media is for.”

–You do radio, a podcast, did you find something somewhat intimate there that you liked?

–Yes, it took a lot out of me. And this year we changed the schedule and we are going to start with a program in which I am going to do something that I have really wanted to do for a long time, which is to have guests, to be able to have bands that play live. You listen to a song that is born from pain, there is something that the artist experienced, so it is good to be able to go to the bone, which is what I like.

I hate superficial things, me I like to leave something to the other Because the truth is that I can reach a lot of people and it seems to me that we have to use that to be able to plant something in others, to help them grow, to give them a good message, you see?

I would love to change the world and for that to happen people have to change. There are a lot of things that I did wrong in my life, but because I didn’t know. You know something, but when they come and teach you something else you say “ah, it was like that.” It is good to be able to nourish others and that is what the media is for. And the truth is that when you start listening or reading or watching the media there is a lot of shit, you see?

So, if I have this space, I would love to give something good, I would like to get out of that surface. I feel that I gave myself a lot of shit for not knowing, because they didn’t teach me. And every time they teach me, I can be a little better person.

–What do you know today that you didn’t before?

–Maturity is everything. It’s all trial and error. Babies start crawling, take a step and fall, and that’s everything in life. I cheated on my first partner and that’s when I realized, the hard way, that you can’t cheat on your partner. I got into a program where I exposed myself a lot (N. from R.: Big Brother) and I realized that it wasn’t that way, because I gave everyone the opportunity to give their opinion about me. and they made a mess of me, they hurt me and my whole family a lot, so I said “it’s not here.”

And people also approach you and tell you: “Andreíta, this is how it is.” You are learning in life. I’m going to prison to give testimony, to speak now explain to people that they can have a different life and I don’t ask him what he did. I understand that everyone has the right to change.

–Bypassing the distance, you also made radical changes in your life: professionally, personally and emotionally.

–And you have to keep changing until the last day.

–Do you feel that these changes were accepted in the environment in which you work?

–No, imagine that there are people who say “he was baptized and whore.” What do you think, I’m Jesus? People believe that those who go to church are perfect. Listen to me, those who go to hospitals are sick; Those who go to church are sinners. I am sitting at the table of sinners. They do not accept that someone tries or tries to be a better person. Clearly, I’m not perfect, I’m going to shit myself until the last day of my life. The only difference is that I am going to assume them and, if I have to apologize to you or whoever because I made a mistake, I am going to do it.

I will always make mistakes because I am a human being. I get tired of hearing people say “they don’t change anymore”, that is stigmatizing others. How does it not change more? Everything changes.

–Do you detect that specific moment in your life when you said “I have to change”?

–Yes, all the time, because all the time I see things to change. Am one of the most imperfect people in the world and I will always classify myself like that, because I don’t look at everything that the other person has, I look at what I have and all the time I find imperfections.

I am very self-critical, all my friends can tell you that, I can always go and apologize, I am not proud. And I change it and modify it because I understand, I can’t be so obtuse. I did like ass in a lot of things in my life, If I think I’m a winner I’m an idiot. I went at 200 km/h and hit a wall, the technique had to be changed no matter what.

I had to ask for help, say I couldn’t, ask to be taught. And I had a lot of bright people who grabbed my hand and led me. And then even life turned around and I was able to give back to them, and it was very good to be there when they needed me; I will always be for those people. With my clumsiness, I I’m always going to send them to me because I am a creole duck.

–But they love you like that.

–They love me like that because they know I’m good, it’s not that I’m stupid. First, I’m loudmouthed, I’m impulsive, I have a disorder that I’m managing a lot. As a girl I had no record that I had it and now I handle it very well, I know where to stop, where to work, where not to. I I know which are the places where I feel calm, in those who respect me. In the places where I am loved and cared for, I stay. In places that treat me like ass, I leave; first, because I suffer from it a lot and, second, because I am not one to keep quiet.

–Are you hurtful in discussions?

–Yes, but with my affections. The people I was worst with were my partner and my father. With my partner… he tells me, because he is also so good and I throw darts at him. I have an issue with men, with things they did to me. I I have exposed fractures of types, dresses? And sometimes I say “it’s not him, Andrea, who did it to you.” It costs me a lot. In fact, I went on a trip recently because he proposed to me. Suddenly I realized that there was a man in my life again and that he wanted it to be forever, that he wants to have children. And I have tremendous vertigo. I told him to freeze eggs and wait a while for this to go away, to help me, because men hurt me. I am a wounded animal.

–At the beginning of the talk you told me that you wanted to change the world, what do you want to change?

–The indifference of people towards others, towards the pain of others. People are walking and see someone lying around asking for food and think “they must have done something to end up like this.” It doesn’t matter what happened to him, even if he made a thousand mistakes, now he is there and he is suffering, it hurts him. What’s wrong with you that the pain of others doesn’t hurt you? There is a coldness and some lack of empathy that I believe has to do with a lack of thinking. They’re all thinking about his ass, inside, and They don’t even see their own shit, what they themselves have to change.

I believe that the masses must be helped to think. And now everything is so superficial that people think about getting their hands dirty, buying their wallet, about how to consume. For me it is not like that. Buying the purse isn’t going to make you happy. You don’t know how happy it makes you when you were able to give someone a plate of food. That makes you happy. Helping people think, that’s the only thing that can change the world.

Photos: Guido Adler

General coordination: Gimena Bugallo

Styling: @caromarafioti

Make up & fur: @nacha_gama

Thanks: @jitric_jc, @mono.fuk, @ferrarocalzados, @mundostilettos