A woven canvas under the sun
Hey my friend, tell me how it feels having me around. I can’t stop smiling when you’re with me, whispering my secrets and my hopes to you. Every second just more beautiful than the previous one.
Let me take you by the hand, and stroll between these buildings of red bricks. They murmur the stories of young women weaving their lives together. They saw endless strands of thread, sent all over – they danced with spinning steel, and pulled and twisted, like I dance with you.
My dear friend, I see the little cotton reels and bobbins of all the colours in the world, waiting for us to embroider the days to come. We’ll make a tapestry of our years, and I’ll tell you all about it while we play among the red walls. We’ll hold hands and spin like a cotton reel, around until we feel dizzy.
As we’ve done since our hands were small and clumsy, together we’ll learn to weave the paths of adulthood. Mending life’s blows and bashes, with bright hues and dark threads of love and friendship, with strands of hair and tears of joy. We’ll be the spiders, busy and industrious, proud of the work of our hands. We’ll learn to patch the tears, repair the rips and stitch the days back on. Listen to Louise’s wise whisper:
'The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn't get mad. She weaves and repairs it.’
Louise Bourgouis
Above:
BARBARA
Earring BANQUET JEWELS
Blouse LOIDI
Right:
BARBARA
Fez hat ANA VIVERO
Blouse LOIDI
Trousers ALSEDÀ
Socks and sandals STYLIST’S OWN
Above, left:
ELENA
Dress LOIDI
Above, right:
Earrings BANQUET JEWELS
Above, from left:
BARBARA
Fez hat ANA VIVERO
Blouse LOIDI
Trousers ALSEDÀ
Socks and sandals STYLIST’S OWN
ELENA
Dress LOIDI
Right:
BARBARA
Fez hat ANA VIVERO
Blouse LOIDI
Above, from left:
ELENA
Dress BLACK BOOK THE LABEL
Skirt COS ARCHIVE
Shoes BIMBA Y LOLA
BARBARA
Dress BLACK BOOK THE LABEL
Skirt LOIDI
Mini skirt-belt OZALAN’S
Shoes CAMPER ARCHIVE
Left:
ELENA
Earings BANQUET JEWELS
Dress LOIDI
Above, from left:
ELENA
Crochet Collar KM by LANGE
Dress BLACK BOOK THE LABEL
BARBARA
Dress BLACK BOOK THE LABEL
Above, and left:
ELENA
Necklace BANQUET JEWELS
Top ANN DEMEULEMEESTER VINTAGE
Jacket and skirt LOIDI
Tights and sandals STYLIST’S OWN
Photographer
ALEXANDRA KLEVER
Stylist and Text Editor
NURIA GREGORI
Stylist’s Assistants
LAIA AMARO & MARTA AMADOR
Hair & Makeup Artist
ZYLA CANTOS
Models
BARBARA & ELENA FROM FIFTH MODELS
Retouching
HOLGER EGBERS