The Stella Nolasco Spring/Summer 2016 runway show took place on Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 at 11 AM  at New York Fashion Week Venue Pier 59 Studios.

Collection Inspiration Spring/Summer 2016

Stella Nolasco’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection, ‘POMAROSA’, is inspired by the decadent beauty of the poetry of Jose de Diego, a turn of the century Puerto Rican poet, born in Stella’s own hometown.

Layers of tulle, lace, and sheer fabrics add movement and give life to gowns that flow with the grace of poetry, floating transparently over the runway. The richly embroidered dresses, in colors varying from black to blush, yellow, plum rose (Pomarosa, in various tones), evoke the gentility of a bygone era with a daring, modern turn exemplified by plunging necklines. A sheer, almost lingerie-like quality of the dresses maintains an air of romanticism and whimsicality.

SHOW CREDITS
Photography by firstVIEW, courtesy of Stella Nolasco.
Styling by Shandi Alexander
Casting by Cast Inc/Julia Samersova
Makeup by Fatima Thomas for MAC Cosmetics
Hair by Laurent Dufourg & Jorge Luis for PRIVE Products
Nails by Pattie Yankee
Shoes by Christian Louboutin
Music by Eiko Hara
PR: EMILY BUNGERT, EB CONSULTS – ebconsultsworldwide.com

About Stella Nolasco

Stella Nolasco’s charm and metropolitan sensibility render her designs modern, stylish and edgy. Consequently, she has earned a reputation as Puerto Rico’s most avant-garde designer. Her designs exude elements of both vintage nostalgia, and sophisticated modernity.

Nolasco obtained a Bachelor Degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia, and was chosen to participate in the fashion program at the acclaimed SACI School of art in Italy. Stella is a household name in Puerto Rico, where her work receives near constant media coverage. Stella’s line has been featured at luxury department store, Neiman Marcus, amongst other prestigious retailers. 

Stella attended the Atmosphere show at Paris fashion week and subsequently was picked up by famous European department store, Gerard Darel, along with international boutiques around the world including Sauce (Dubai), Style (Kuwait), Les Princesses (Paris), Studio Facts (Japan), Lorenzina (Spain), amongst others.

Stella’s designs have been worn celebrities including Beyonce Knowles (on the cover of Seventeen Magazine), Actress Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes) and Actress Cote de Pablo (NCIS), to name a few. 

After her successful presentation at Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week in September of 2014, Nolasco has enjoyed various new opportunities, including the experience of dressing the actress Juliette Lewis, who attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party and was selected among the best dressed of the night by several fashion critics. Musician Kristin Maldonado, member of the band Pentatonix, wore a Nolasco one-piece for the 57th annual 2015 Grammy Awards, at which she won a Grammy for “Best Arrangement.” Actress Eva Longoria selected Stella Nolasco to dress her for the Alma Awards 2014. Recently, Stella collaborated with the Hollywood actor and fashion designer, John Malkovich, for his clothing line “Technobohemian” at their fashion show in Puerto Rico.

In 2011 Stella had her first painting exhibition; Las Sombras De Una Mujer, at the recognized art gallery Obra, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 Stella was also recently featured in the March 2015 edition of Cosmo for Latinas magazine as “Latin Rising Star” highlighting the rise of her career in the world of fashion.

 Stella Nolasco currently operates her namesake boutique & atelier at 310 Ave. De Diego in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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