CASA LOPEZ X MARIA DE LA ORDEN
For the first creative collaboration between Casa Lopez and Maria de La Orden
The collaboration between Pierre Sauvage and Maria de La Orden was a natural fit.
Pierre is Spanish through his grandmother and Maria de La Orden by birth. A Latin heritage with a joyful and colorful influence that they both express through their respective collections. With his furniture and objects inspired by the Mediterranean and often Hispanic world, Pierre has succeeded in establishing Casa Lopez as a key player in a subtle and elegant lifestyle, suitable for both city and country, indoors and out, and which never takes itself too seriously.
As for the young and pretty Madrid-based stylist, she too has become, in record time, the symbol of a fashion that rehabilitates the idea of an assertive chic, which enhances women, by twisting the classics with a touch of offbeat whimsy to better place them in the era.
“The choice of Vichy fabric as a link between our two brands, one specializing in lifestyle, the other in ready-to-wear, came naturally to us. This checkered cotton fabric originated in France under Napoleon III, in the city of the same name. It was first used for tablecloths and napkins before the iconic BB took it up and made Vichy a sartorial emblem,” explains Pierre Sauvage, founder and artistic director of Casa Lopez.
Having agreed on a Pantone orange, a warm and vibrant tone, synonymous with sharing and altruism, and a color as striking as the style of the two houses, each set to work with their fabric as a meeting point for creative proposals, published in limited series.
Pierre Sauvage to imagine Vichy placemats with an 18th-century style cut-out, edged with plain piping, with matching napkins and pleated lampshades; Maria de La Orden to create a wardrobe combining a tie-collar blouse, a midi dress with balloon sleeves, slightly flared trousers and an oversized headband…
The desire of the two brands was then to offer a total look – lifestyle and ready-to-wear – through a series of images evoking the freshness and elegance of large summer tables.
Since the lampshade required a base, Pierre Sauvage chose the double-handled amphora from his collections.
"And the glazed orange terra cotta was so beautiful and luminous that I quickly felt the urge to go further and offer iconic pieces from the house in this bright, warm and appetizing color, in a limited series."
The menu of this capsule collection includes blown glass water glasses, vases with rolled spouts, pomegranates and in the tableware series adorned with the famous bird motif in the hand-painted vegetal interlacing on a cream background, plates, small and large, dishes, cups and a glazed terra cotta pitcher.
As the summer holidays approach, these pieces appear as gift ideas to give yourself or someone else to add a vibrant touch to a room, a table, or a terrace.