DINO ALVES – Fall Winter 2015 16

Dino Alves | Winter 2016 | ModaLisboa - Curiouser

March 14, 2015

By Marcellous L. Jones

Photos Courtesy of ModaLisboa

Lisbon, Portugal – Dino Alves requested that the guests in attendance at the presentation of his Fall Winter 2015/16 collection all dress in black. It is a day of mourning. As we understand it, the designer presented his last collection before heading into retirement.

Alves has brought the best of his talents for his final bow on the catwalks of the ModalLisboa. This season sees him bringing forth a resolutely relevant collection that is dominated by black, before allowing pine green, pink, yellow and a hint of white.

The designer takes wool and fashions it into the silhouettes for both the men and the women. We see the men wearing angular skirts over slim pants for a layered look. We see the ladies wearing similar skirts, which have round edges on the right, yet asymmetric angular edges on the right end. And the men are wearing excessively long dress shirts for a very modern look.

As the collection evolves, we see the designer adding other colors beyond the black into to fray. Here comes the wintergreen, hints of tan, hot pink, mustard yellow and white. The women have nearly as much variety as the men. We see them wearing shorts and long skirts and unrefined edges. This last is shaping up to be a huge trend.

Knit ropes cords have jumped into the collection as embellishments on the silhouettes. We see him using it in both the women’s and the men’s looks.

When all was said and done, it was clear that Dino Alves had done all nearly everything as well as it could be done. With that, he heads off into the sunset with his head held supremely high.