CORPO-ELÉTRICO: ASCENSÃO, RUPTURA E REENCANTAMENTO DO ROCK

Category: Apparel

“Corpo-Elétrico” emerges as a visual manifesto that investigates the power of the guitar as the ultimate symbol of expression, rebellion, and transformation within the imagery of rock. Starting from a reflection on the cycle of death and rebirth of the genre, the project shifts the focus to its nervous center: the instrument that vibrates, pulses, and gives form to sound. The guitar ceases to be an object and becomes a metaphor for identity, intensity, and aesthetic resistance. It extends the performer’s body, shapes gestures, and materializes the energy that defines rock. The choice of this theme stems from a question that has spanned decades: is rock dead? The loss of cultural relevance, the rise of new genres, and an apparent emotional void have created a silence, almost an interval between an ending and a possible beginning. Within this void emerges the need to think of clothing as an energetic extension of the individual, much like strings reverberate, create tension, and occupy the space around them. The garments in the collection translate this reverberation, constructing a dialogue between structure, movement, and performance. To build the narrative of the piece, bovine leather was chosen as the primary material due to its density, durability, and structural potential. Present in clothing since ancient times, its manipulation requires technical mastery and specialized knowledge, establishing a direct relationship between body, material, and construction, an aspect aligned with the project’s proposal of treating clothing as a performative extension. In this context, leather becomes a parallel to rock itself: it carries historicity, strength, and a constant capacity for reinvention. Its rigidity and material memory allow for the creation of garments with striking structures and tensioned volumes. The look explores leather as a living material, capable of recording, reacting, and transforming over time. It embraces grooves, marks, and irregularities not as imperfections, but as expressions of an organic identity. When stretched through wear, the material develops creases and veins, highlighting its malleability and creating a unique patina that inscribes the trajectory between body and garment. The climax of rock is represented here by dividing the silhouette into two complementary forces: in the upper section, a fitted and rigorously structured leather jacket, defined by sharp cuts and a strong presence; in the lower section, the initial structure gradually dissolves into fluidity. This transition translates the dissipation of a sound wave, expanding beyond formal boundaries. Therefore, the development of the look does not aim to literally reproduce rock icons, but rather to interpret the performative gesture that has always defined the genre. The garment operates as a costume without abandoning its legitimacy as fashion: it incorporates exaggeration, theatricality, and a certain intentional artificiality, elements typical of stage and performance. This approach asserts that rock is not only heard or worn; it is performed. The objective is to propose a fashion that transcends ornamentation and assumes a communicative role. “Corpo-Elétrico” presents the body as an instrument and clothing as an amplifier: a system of energy in which sound, gesture, and form intertwine.