May 31, 2011

Modern Maria Clara

Since I mentioned Spanish colonial era clothes yesterday, here is another modern interpretation of the Maria Clara—a style of women's dress now considered formalwear named after the fiancé of the main protagonist of Jose Rizal's novel "Noli Me Tangere." Maria Clara would have loved the elaborate lace and pattern, but I doubt if she would have been comfortable with Eddie Castro's slim fit and starkly graphic colors.

Eddie Castro's modern interpretation of a Maria Clara dress

12 comments:

Olivier said...

une magnifique robe a faire rever

Cezar and Léia said...

I agree with Olivier, this dress is amazing beautiful!Very charming girl!
Léia

VP said...

I am sorry if the original Maria Clara doesn't like this, but I it is a really elegant dress.

Michel Benoit said...

The spanish costumes have some similarities with the provencal ones...
And, what about the male costumes ?

Kaori said...

I think it's really classy!

Lowell said...

I like! Perhaps you could model it for us?

Rob Siemann said...

That's a beautiful dress! They could only dream about it, here in Spain!

Bergson said...

une magnifique robe

Les Barr said...

That dress is very nice looking. Has lots of color and style. Didn't the Wife of Marcos wear one of these at one time or another?

Karl said...

Great !

Leif Hagen said...

Very elegant, beautiful and somewhat exotic!

Gerald (SK14) said...

this I find beautiful