Marina Casas: The Winner of Final Cheering

“I felt my effort rewarded through the applause of people. Closing BAFweek was a surprise and the repercussion was great,” Marina Casas tells. She was the chosen one to close the last edition of the show. Marina is tireless and enthusiastic. She comments on her experience with composure and joy, moving her hands to the rhythm of her words.

She bonds with her collections and investigates each little detail. “When I introduced the reinterpretation of Yamamoto, I went to Japanese parties, bought Japanese books, and ate Japanese food. I went mimetic with their culture”, Marina admits.

For her collection, she did research on religion and its typologies, characterizing woman oppression. “I wanted to show human contrast, like playing with hidden planes. We are all human, after all, black and white, like good and bad, are everywhere”.

Marina worked on Duchamp and recycling, the seventies, Oxford style, Argentinean painter Berni, denim, lace, cubism and Japan. And she still keeps going.

Just like all of them, she’s aware of the environment as well as her own internal answers. Each designer has to look with all of his senses, until inspiration finds him. That is, obviously, the moment of glory. As Laura Fernandez says, “each designer is moved by a different thing. We can make a whole collection with anything. Inspiration can be a butterfly, in the sky”.

New Talent Contest 2002
Date: September 3rd, 2002.
Place: Rural Society, Buenos Aires
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