Q&A WITH / LAIA AGUILAR
CAN YOU TE L L U S A BO U T
feel a great fondness for, which prompted
D O Y O U H AVE AN Y T I P S ON
YOUR DES IG N PRO C E SS? I
me to revisit the idea of the bowler hat and
MAN AG I N G Y O U R WO R K LIFE
begin by drawing all kinds of ideas in my
feature it as part of the logo for the TAO
AN D P ER S O N AL L I FE? The eternal
sketchbook, taking inspiration from things
WORKERS line. Bowler hats are gorgeous
challenge!! Truthfully, it’s very difficult.
that I have seen and liked in recent months,
pieces; they have a natural ability to
People think the world of fashion is
such as movies, photos, illustrations,
transmit both a sense of seriousness and
frivolous and dissolute. But it’s not, you
etc. When I have hit on the concept that
of fun.
have to work, work and work some more.
gives shape to the whole collection, I start
And that’s not always compatible with a
to work on firming up and blending the
W H AT I S Y O U R P ER S O N AL
happygolucky family life. My way of trying
patterns, prints and colours. It’s a thrilling
GO T O L O O K ? Jeans and Tshirt. Simple
to combine both without too much stress
process, like that of a poet rewriting verses
as that.
hinged on moving to the country. Living
again and again to express exactly what
and working in the country has really
they want to say. I always discover new
D O Y O U H AVE AN Y C H I LD R EN ?
things about myself during that process of
W H AT AR E T H EI R AG ES ? Yes,
research.
Pablo is 10 and Adriana is 6.
helped with finding that family life balance.
AR E T H ER E AN Y U P C O M ING
P R O J EC T S T H AT Y O U C AN
DO YOU HAV E A FAV O RITE
W H AT D O ES A T Y P I C AL D AY
S H AR E WI T H U S ? Yes! We
ITEM FROM YO U R L ATE ST
L O O K L I K E F O R Y O U ? It is a very
were involved in a collaboration with
COLLECTIO N ? It’s very difficult to
simple life. I get up at 7.00 am, I read the
Apartamento magazine on a garment
choose! The thing I like best is combining
newspaper, and chat with my husband.
with an illustration by Stefan Marx that
outfits, because it is the outfits that
Then I go for an hour’s run in the forest.
will be available in Colette, and, in the
enable you to visualise the concept of
I take my children to catch the school
FW16 collection, we’ve joined forces with
the collection with greater clarity and
bus. I come home, and go down to the
the model and designer Vanesa Lorenzo,
perspective. It’s like when you stand back
offices where my team and I work until the
who has created an elegant and exquisite
to look at a painting from a distance to get
afternoon. Then my husband and I take the
capsule collection. And with the PèPè
the overall picture.
dog for a walk in the forest, I play with my
Children Shoes brand. Both Jan and I want
children, make dinner in the evening, I like
The Animals Observatory to be a hub for
DO YOU RE M E M BE R TH E F IRST
to kick back and watch a series on HBO or
designers and brands from all around the
PIECE OF C L O TH IN G YO U E V E R
Netflix. We go to bed at 11.00 pm.
world. Being able to delight in the talent of
DESIGNED? Yes! It was a shirt with a
others is one of the lovely things about my
bowler hat design on it. It was a design I
profession.
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