Iris Trousers in Black
Also available to try in our Madrid boutique — Calle Libertad 6
Fluid, straight leg trousers in Black, finely and permanently pleated in Daphne Valente's signature technique. Designed to complement the brand's tunics and tops for a total pleated look, they fall in a straight, floor-grazing silhouette from an elasticated waist.
Cut with no fasteners and no unnecessary seams, the trousers move easily with the body and stretch to fit a genuine range of sizes.
Designed to stretch to fit, with a waist up to 100cm.
Color: Black • Elasticated waist • Wide, straight leg • Finely pleated, permanently set • Pairs with Daphne Valente tunics and tops
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Daphne Valente is an Athens-based designer who has spent four decades perfecting the art of pleating. Trained at F.I.T. in New York and Central Saint Martins in London, her creative path was set the moment she encountered an exhibition on Mariano Fortuny, whose own pleated Delphos gowns became the starting point for a technique she would spend a lifetime making her own. Drawing on the sculptural forms of Ancient Greek dress, particularly the chiton, she begins each piece as a single rectangle of fabric, draped and sculpted directly on the dress form before it is permanently pleated, with no fasteners and no unnecessary seams. The result is a made-to-move, one-size silhouette designed to flatter any body, championed by a devoted following of Athenian society for decades.
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