ÀLEX GINER SALAFashion design & research
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Mar de Lava

Containment / pressure / release

2026 / Experimental garment design

Inspired by Katia and Maurice Krafft’s story in Fire of Love, Mar de Lava imagines the moment a body is absorbed by lava. Compression, bubbling surfaces and a flowing red train translate the tension between fascination and destruction into a garment.

Realised garment / complete silhouette
Studio portrait / surface and volume

Visual universe

Complete moodboard
Mar de Lava / complete original moodboard

From sketch to silhouette

Original drawing / complete design sheet
Original silhouette studies
Mar de Lava / complete front, side and back design sheet

Six physical trials

Small-scale skirt development
01 / Small-scale skirt experiment
02 / Small-scale skirt experiment
03 / Small-scale skirt experiment
04 / Small-scale skirt experiment
05 / Small-scale skirt experiment
06 / Small-scale skirt experiment

Six documented tests. Subtraction cutting and draping informed the developing volume.

Pattern / structure

Drawing and cutting
Technical drawing / garment structure
Pattern layout / project development
Construction / garment on the dress form

Drawing and physical testing meet in the construction of the finished silhouette.

Making the garment

Skirt development / assembly on the dress form
Skirt development / front and side volume
Skirt development / red train and rear volume
Garment assembly / on the dress form

The realised garment

Complete form / selected details
Realised garment / studio photograph
Gathered surface / studio portrait
Veil / editorial photograph

Black surface.
Red volume.
A change in scale.

Aragón Fashion Week

Runway / preparation
Presented at Aragón Fashion Week
Preparing the garment / backstage
The complete silhouette / backstage

Presented at Aragón Fashion Week.
Runway and backstage document the realised look.

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