{"id":65525,"date":"2025-03-24T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=65525"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:49:06","slug":"raul-lopezs-luar-reminds-fashion-who-its-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/raul-lopezs-luar-reminds-fashion-who-its-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Raul Lopez\u2019s Luar Reminds Fashion Who It\u2019s For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CRo6x_01n1g\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<style>\n#content .row {max-width:100%}\n#cover { \nbackground-color: white; position: relative; margin: 0 auto 30px auto;; text-align: center; \n}\n#covertitle, #covertitle h1, #content #covertitle h3 { font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\", sans-serif; }\n#covertitle { position: absolute; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-Bold\", sans-serif; bottom: 12%; width: 100%; font-size: 3.8rem; font-weight: 900; }\n#content h1 { font-size: 4vw; display: inherit; display: inline-block; text-align:center; }\n#content div.post h2 {margin: 20px 0; background: white; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; color: #333;}\n#content #covertitle h3 { \nfont-size: 8vw; line-height: 20vh;\ntext-transform: uppercase; \nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\", sans-serif;}\n#introbox { border: 1px solid white; padding: 90px 30px !important; max-width: 850px; margin: auto !important; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center !important; }\n.introblurb, .introblurb p, .post div.introblurb p:first-child {\nfont-size: .7em; \nline-height: 1.6; \ntext-align:justify;\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\", sans-serif;\npadding: .3em 1em;\n}\n#content div.introcredits, #content div.introcredits p {\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\", sans-serif;\nfont-size: .8em; \ntext-align: center;\n}\n.pic40 { margin: 0 10%;; text-align: center; }\n.videocontainer {max-width:600px; margin: auto;}\n.txtbox { \nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\",sans-serif; \nline-height: 2;\nfont-weight: 400; \nwidth: 36%; \nborder: 0; \nmargin: auto; \npadding: 5%;\n}\n.introtxt, .introtxt p {text-align:justify;}\n.pullquote {\nfont-size:4vw;\nline-height: 1;\ntext-align:center;\nfont-style:italic;\nmax-width:900px;\nmargin:auto;\npadding:1em;\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif;\n}\n.credits:empty {display:none;}\n.credits {\nfont-size: .75rem; \npadding: 2rem 0;; \nfont-weight: normal; \ntext-align: center; \nclear: both; \ntext-transform: uppercase; \nmax-width: 800px; \nmargin: auto; }\n#thumbsul { margin: 0 8%; }\n.text-left {text-transform: capitalize !important;}\n#thumbsul a, .text-left a {color: black;}\n#thumbsul a:hover, .text-left a:hover {color: #666;}\n.separ { border: 1px solid white; clear: both; padding: 60px; }\nem {color: #999;}\n<\/style>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/css\/sb\/index-sb@9e8baf1be17137f952c9eacc710f6bf0b29b9b08.css\" \/>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<div class=\"introtxt\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Raul Lopez\u2019s Luar Reminds Fashion Who It\u2019s For<\/h1>\n<p>While an unnerving news cycle loomed over the February shows and many designers alluded to the \u201ctough times\u201d [financial or cultural] or ignored them entirely, opting for an escape, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/raul-lopez\">Raul Lopez<\/a> stepped up to the critical moment with a <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/luar\">Luar<\/a> F\/W 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/luar-luar-fw-25-show-\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">collection<\/a> that made a statement on the encroaching threats to the LGBT+ and immigrant community. Titled <em>El Pato<\/em>, a word that means \u201cduck\u201d or \u201cswan\u201d in Spanish but has long been weaponized as a homophobic slur, the show reclaimed the insult with powerful storytelling, opening to the haunting lyrics of Willie Col\u00f3n\u2019s El Gran Var\u00f3n and built as an homage to the queer icons Lopez grew up admiring. Cutting through the noise with raw elegance and unapologetic defiance, Lopez\u2019s brand has become the heartbeat of the Downtown fashion sect, delivering a runway lineup rooted in cocooning wool tailoring, python-printed asymmetry, and extravagantly feathered silhouettes. With playful yet direct messages like \u201cI Talk Shit About You In Spanish,\u201d the collection boldly confronted the darkness head-on with unapologetic flair, pomp, and circumstance. Never far from his club kid beginnings, Lopez also adeptly navigates collaboration, whether it\u2019s a viral MAC x Luar Ana Artistry Bag that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maccosmetics\/p\/DF79zETvTLE\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sold out in minutes<\/a> or models rocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHbp5lpyBD3\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LUAR x Vitaly jewelry<\/a> down the runway. It was a display that showed all the moving parts that make Luar an impressive creative force, like essential team members Keyla Exclusa and Jehan Vazifdar. Directed by <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/will-pippin\">Will Pippin<\/a> at the now-storied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wsanyc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WSA Building<\/a>, Models.com went behind the scenes to witness Lopez\u2019s process leading up to the show, the palpable backstage energy, and his reminder that LUAR isn\u2019t building community, it <em>is<\/em> community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"introcredits\">\nEditor in Chief: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/stephan-moskovic\">Stephan Moskovic<\/a><br \/>\nEditorial Director and Interviewer: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/irene-ojo-felix\">Irene Ojo-Felix<\/a><br \/>\nManaging Editor: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/sasha-grinblat\">Sasha Grinblat<\/a><br \/>\nDirector &#038; Video Editor: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/will-pippin\">Will Pippin<\/a><br \/>\nCinematographer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anyelo_troya\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anyelo Troya<\/a><br \/>\nFirst Assistant Camera: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/k.a.l.b.o.9.9.9\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Jaramillo<\/a><br \/>\nComposer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/22lovesyou\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">22<\/a><br \/>\nSpecial Thanks: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/christopher-michael\">Christopher Michael<\/a> at Egos &#038; Icons\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raul Lopez\u2019s Luar Reminds Fashion Who It\u2019s For While an unnerving news cycle loomed over the February shows and many designers alluded to the \u201ctough times\u201d [financial or cultural] or ignored them entirely, opting for an escape, Raul Lopez stepped up to the critical moment with a Luar F\/W 25 collection that made a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":65624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3044,155,2130,99,2701,1538],"tags":[1177,2554,5381,5173,5174,197,5208],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65525"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65634,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65525\/revisions\/65634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}