“Perseverance and listening to your instincts are fundamental,” assert the two, who take pride in their stubbornness. “At first, no one understood why we made caftans and baggy silhouettes, because they weren’t fashionable and they didn’t look cool, but we decided to stick with it until we started getting attention from major retailers, and our caftans. prove yourself.”
But how good is a caftan? When Peggy Guggenheim, Marchesa Casati, Isabella Blow, Dalida, Josephine Baker, Diana Ross, Raffaella Carr and Mina were on the moodboard, it turned out to be a very good answer. “From Marella Agnelli wearing it during summers across Europe to Gloria Vanderbilt photographed at her Renzo Mongiardino and Talitha Getty home in Marrakech, the caftan as a silhouette is imprinted in our collective imagination as a symbol of luxury, exoticism, leisure, pleasure. time and well-being,” they continued.
Mode global fashion chain deputy director Laura Ingham loves the simple cut of her swishy, tasseled caftan, which she says is “the best solution for evening wear” when juggling events: “I really love their play with embellishments; You always feel your best dressed.” Soho House content director Gemma Boner recently celebrated her 40th birthday in one-shoulder Ubud style, which she loves exploring Browns. “I wanted something I could actually dance to, something that had that 20s glamor with Stevie Nicks swagger – [the Ubud] was everything I wanted and more,” she shared.
While there are countless party wear brands taking advantage of today’s glitz and glamor trends, Taller Marmo’s versatile outfit – which they say “you don’t need crazy shapewear” to wear – is underlined by its prominence. skills they learn from the ground up. The name combines the word for workshop in Spanish (higher), which harks back to Yago’s grandfather who ran an auto repair shop in Argentina, and marble (marmo) in Italian. “Because our clothes are so material, we think it works well as a metaphor,” they explain.
What’s next for a label that already has it all? “Our goal is how to keep pushing the envelope for evening wear and how to make it modern without falling into clichés like edgy, cool, trendy, classic or feminine,” asserts the schoolmate-turned-floaty maestro, who says they dress women, not a girl. Or to be more specific: “Amazing women who follow their truth and instincts and don’t [necessarily] part of the status quo or zeitgeist.” Taller Marmo makes investment dresses to make you feel great too.
