An exclusive Haute Couture retreat facing the Atlantic, designed for those who want to turn their own story into a one-of-a-kind garment. Over 5 days, in a private house in Zahara de los Atunes, you’ll develop — together with someone important to you — a contemporary dress made from a recovered Mantón de Manila shawl, combined with recycled leather.
This isn’t a group workshop. It’s a one-to-one guided creative process, with Valeria residing in the house for the entire retreat.
A contemporary dress built from a recovered Mantón de Manila shawl, combined with recycled leather.
During this Haute Couture Retreat in Zahara de los Atunes, each participant will build a contemporary piece by reclaiming the story of a Mantón de Manila shawl:
-Made-to-measure dress from a recovered Mantón de Manila shawl
- Recycled leather piping and trim as a structural frame and textural contrast
- Haute Couture interior structure for support and silhouette
The result: a piece that literally carries the shawl’s tradition stitched into its skin.
One of the defining elements of this retreat is the technique of integrating a recovered Mantón de Manila shawl with recycled leather, without losing the delicacy of the original embroidery.
Specifically, participants will learn to:
However, this isn’t textile mending.
On the contrary: it’s Haute Couture intervention that honors a material with history and transforms it into a new garment.
At Vikileria Couture Lab, every retreat is born from the place that hosts it. That’s why, rather than producing a generic garment, each participant develops a piece that could only have been born there, on that coastline, in that light.
Additionally, rather than producing multiple garments, participants develop a single contemporary dress that evolves through textile recovery techniques and hands-on artisanal intervention.
This process promotes:
In short, Zahara de los Atunes is the backdrop for this creative process. The light, the Atlantic, unhurried time, local food, and long walks are as much a part of the experience as the worktable itself.
Slow construction.
Intentional architecture.
Textile intervention as identity.
- Car transfer from the nearest airport (Jerez de la Frontera) to the house in Zahara de los Atunes
- Welcome and brunch facing the Atlantic
- Introduction to the “Recovered Mantón” project and the Vikileria Method
- Each participant receives a Welcome Kit with tools, materials, a notebook, and their personalized dress pattern
- Measurements taken and first dress sketch
- Walk along the beach and through the village of Zahara
- Dinner at a legendary tuna restaurant, “Casa Juanito” (included in the retreat price)
– Breakfast on the terrace with Atlantic views
- Preparing the Mantón de Manila: assessing which embroidered areas to preserve and which to intervene with leather
- Cutting the recycled leather according to the personalized pattern
- Brunch on the terrace with Atlantic views
- Hand-sewing and assembling the dress’s cut pieces
- First fittings and adjustments
- Walk along the beach and through the village of Zahara. Dinner at a local restaurant, “Pescador” (not included in the retreat price)
– Breakfast on the terrace facing the Atlantic
- Final construction of the dress. Machine-assembly of the dress pieces
- Brunch at the house with Atlantic views
- First atelier finishing touches and silhouette adjustments
- Dinner at a local restaurant in Zahara de los Atunes (not included in the retreat price)
– Breakfast on the house terrace facing the Atlantic
– Finishing the dress
–Adding the recycled leather details, integrated into the Mantón de Manila
- Brunch on the house terrace facing the Atlantic
-Final fittings and a photo session with Atlantic views
- Farewell dinner at a traditional local restaurant (included in the price)
-Vikileria Revive Couture Lab Completion Certificate
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