Designer update

ponchos: not just for gauchos anymore

August 14, 2008  8:21 pm

Carolina Aubele has a modest proposal for American shoppers: Reconsider the poncho. “You have to understand, in Argentina, the poncho is a basic,” says the Buenos Aires-based designer. “It’s like a cardigan or a blazer, only more functional. You can dress a good poncho up or down, you can wrap it like a scarf, you can even use a poncho as a blanket.” Aubele is used to having her style advice taken seriously—back home, she doubles as a fashion columnist for daily “La Nacion,” and triples as the founder of one of South America’s preeminent design schools. And for Fall, she’s designed a very good starter poncho, indeed. Knit from dense, cushiony wool, with an ombré dye job and fringed ends, the Aubele version speaks to the season’s boho and Western themes, without hitting either one too hard.

tags: Carolina Aubele, Ponchos

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1. nice new format!

   By nsher3 on 08/19/08 at 11:45 am

2. Ever since I was young girl I loved to wrap myself in lengths of fabric to create my own style. I salute Aubele for proposing we consider the poncho everywhere. It is practical and never goes out of style.

   By judee1 on 08/27/08 at 5:42 pm

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