INSPIRATION

With her inexhaustible curiosity, Laia Aguilar usually derives inspiration for her collections from a multitude of artistic references, seeing art as a form of attaining beauty in any discipline. In the case of the SS18 collection, her sources of inspiration were the paintings of British and American artists, such as David Hockney and Fairfield Porter, the posters of Polish graphic artist Jerzy Treutler, the amazing homemade designs worn by participants in the 1960s Democratic and Republican conventions in the USA, Halley’s Comet, the street style of the 1970s – for which Laia has such a great fondness – university uniforms…and a long list of other references that harmoniously come together in this new collection.

COLORS

In terms of the colour palette, Laia Aguilar wanted to go for a stronger, more luminous and striking project for SS18: emphasising the use of intense greens, pinks and blues and their radical coexistence in the same garment; without, however, losing sight of the combination of these colours alongside the softer palette of the Italian school, already a regular feature of the TAO collections.

FABRICS

The range of fabrics selected for this season seeks to harmoniously counterbalance the colours. For SS18, in addition to the habitual top quality cottons used by TAO, Laia also opts for lightweight linens, the most rustic vichys, diaphanous tulles and shiny, soft, stylish satins.