Armando Takeda’s show began with romantic classics: dresses and skirts, but not in the shades we’re used to seeing for fall. Instead of the grays, olives, and browns associated with the season, Takeda used pops of aquamarine, lavender, and pink. There was also a fair bit of black. His LBDS empower women, not by showing everything, but by being more subtly revealing.
Takeda added depth to the collection by mixing photo prints and headlines on some of the other looks. One of the messages was ‘la verdad es que no hay verdad’ (‘the truth is that there’s no truth’). His point? That women should dress on their own terms, not anyone else’s. Which explains the name he used for the show: Libertad.
