Palomo Spain Goes Hunting

Mr. Palomo is challenging every element of the age-old establishment of fashion. Photography Courtesy of Pelonio Press & Alessandro Garofalo.

This is my fourth time covering a collection from the audacious brand "Palomo Spain" and I must say, it seems as if Mr. Palomo is targeting every single element of the ever-eloquent and age-old establishment of fashion. He is tearing down the walls of what fabulous used to mean and building it back up for today's men of fearless style...as if to say..."To hell with your gender norms. Deal with it. This is the reality of now." 

For Autumn/Winter 2018 Palomo brought his loyal flock of fashion followers back to the Paris stage...this time, daring to tap into the age-old tradition of hunting. I, for one, never liked to go camping when I was younger, and even today, if you asked me if I wanted to go hunting I would look at you as if you had three necks. However, with the armor that this collection presented, I might just be willing to give it a try. 

To me, the collection was a sublime combination of "the Monteria, the Spanish term for hunting event, and modern couture," as the brand has stated. There was more volume to this collection since his last and an overall sense of royalty...inspired hugely by early portraits of Velázquez in the court of Felipe IV. There were wide coats, corsets, skirts, drapes, and the most perfectly cut flared trousers, bringing everything together. 

Perhaps, the best part of this collection for me was the accessories. In particular...the *Hats. Having purchased a wide array of bird feathers to place on my wide brims, I took a particularly familiar liking to these hats...made in collaboration with Tolentino, a Sevillano milliner from the same homeland of Mr. Palomo himself.

The bags and shoes set everything off even more with the leather, gazelle skins, fringes, and deer antlers. For this collection, Mr. Palomo combined a mix of wonderful fabrics such as brocade, taffeta, tartan, tweed, wool, and velvet in rich tones and patterns to produce modern and chic hunting clothes that stayed in line with all of the glamour Palomo Spain represents.