All hand painted Yolanda Lorente Garments
start out as a pure white silk or solid
color canvas. The appropriate amount of
silk yardage is cut for each outfit and
sent to our artists to paint the fabric.
This
is Yolanda’s dye lab. All our dyes are made
in small batches and mixed specifically for
each painting when it is ordered. This process
has been perfected by many years of research
and experience.
Each
artist hired at Yolanda Lorente has a background
rich in art education and real world experience.
Yolanda then trains each artist personally
in the skill of painting on silk. The artist,
over years, develops his or her own method
and techniques for painting. Here you can
see an artist hard at work on one of Yolanda’s
designs. Although paintings are recreated
over and over again no two paintings are ever
identical. You can truly say that each fabric
is a unique piece of individual art.
After
the fabric has been painted and steam finished
to make the dyes colorfast, it is brought
back to our cutting and sewing floor. Each
ensemble is cut by hand by highly skilled
European artisans. Our garments are then sewn
together and finished to the highest quality
standards. The entire finished product is
proudly made in the U.S.A. The results of
all this hard work are beautiful clothes for
fashionable women.
