In a powerful meditation on fragmentation, resilience, and the courage to break through invisible barriers, Young Creators Award Winner Genaro Rivas (Vogue Business x Visa) unveils ‘A Glass to Break’ at London Fashion Week.
The collection consists of 26 predominantly womenswear looks, with selected menswear silhouettes, exploring the act of rebuilding from what has been broken. Exaggerated tailoring introduces architectural silhouettes, while deconstructed garments are reassembled with intention and technical precision. Sleeves extend dramatically, proportions elongate, and jackets reveal bursts of fabric that emerge like wounds giving these pieces an emotional element as well as structural definition. The palette is stark and evocative: deep blacks, slategreys, luminous silvers, and sharp accents of red that split through the entire collection. Materials are central to the narrative. Printed silks, mohair and denim are combined with innovative textiles developed in collaboration with biomaterial partners including Ponda (ocean sourced nylon), Savian by BioFluff (plant based bio-fur) and Banofi (plant based leather).
Hand craftsmanship is present from intricate closures and acrylic detailing to the introduction of accessories for the first time in the designer’s runway. All headpieces were developed by Roberta Cucuzza, some of which integrated biomaterials, adding sculptural warmth to the structural language of the collection. Sustainable denim experimentation also appears throughout, emphasising a commitment to responsible textile development.
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