Rosalía, who next Friday releases her work ‘Lux’, not only stands out for her musical talent, but also for her style and a fashion sense that has evolved from the flamenco aesthetic to the “ratchet” (style related to trap), through a biker and urban stage to reach the current mystical minimalism.
“An evolution that has been walking in parallel to her musical projects,” Domingo Rodríguez Lázaro, creative director of the firm Dominnico, who made Rosalía’s wardrobe for the ‘El mal querer’ tour, explains to EFE.
“It is very important to use fashion to support the narrative you want to tell”, adds the designer from Alicante, who considers that Rosalía not only stands out for her musical talent, “but also for her great fashion sense”.
When Rosalía launches ‘Los Ángeles’ in 2017 she shows an aesthetic of classic cut and flamenco notes, garments with a modern and clean air with small polka dot prints.
A style that quickly evolved when he presented the video clip ‘Malamente’, the first single from the album ‘El mal querer’ (2018), in which he maintains the flamenco essence mixed with a streetwise, but sophisticated tracksuit style.
An aesthetic in which the singer fuses traditional elements of Spanish culture, such as bullfighting, flamenco and the Catholic religion, with urban elements.
At that time, Rosalía (Barcelona, 1999) opted for designs by Palomo Spain and Dominnico in which lace, ruffles, bangs and embroidery stood out, pieces that she combined with voluminous, thick-soled sneakers and overloaded manicures, a style that catapulted her as a fashion reference for the Z generation.
It is very interesting the role she has had “in rediscovering the aesthetic codes of the culture and folklore of Spain,” notes the designer, who recalls that the singer wore at the MET 2021 gala a Manila shawl, a typical Spanish garment, with which she paid tribute to Lola Flores, as she herself admitted on her Instagram.
Rosalía: Rachet style and the excess of prints
With the March 2019 release of the single ‘Con Altura’, in collaboration with J Balvin, Rosalía surprises with an eclectic and innovative style and brings to the forefront the ‘rachet’, an urban and daring fashion style associated with the ‘trap’ culture, which is characterized by mixing luxury brand garments with cheap clothes.
Impossible prints, large logos, asymmetrical cuts and XXL nails were the elements with which the singer of ‘Despechá’ builds an image with nods to the neighborhood and Latin aesthetics.
“At that time you see a more ostentatious fashion, much more brazen, more colorful, more fanciful,” explains Dominnico who points out that at that time she could be seen wearing relaxed garments such as tracksuits, leggings or very loose sweatshirts.
There is a before and after in Rosalía’s style with the album ‘Motomami’ (2022), on whose cover she appears naked with a helmet and her stylistic universe comes wrapped by the biker world: thigh-high boots, rider overalls, tight leather garments, miniskirts, biker jackets and screen glasses.
On the other hand, Rosalia also shows her taste for oriental aesthetics and chooses to wear schoolgirl style pleated skirts, semi-transparent dresses and small bows on each side of her head.
White is the protagonist color of this new stage. Dressed in white, she attended several fashion shows during the Paris fashion week and showed her armpits also dyed in white.
The cover image for the ‘Lux’ album features the artist in a white piece inspired by a nun’s habit, with a veil and elements of a straitjacket and halo evoking a modern mysticism.
Now, about to release ‘Lux’, he opts for a mystical minimalism and a religious and spiritual aesthetic, reported Agencia EFE.
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