The Traje de luces is entirely handmade consists of flat-bottomed shoes, tight trousers or taleguilla, suspenders, a girdle, a shirt, a vest, a short jacket or Chaquetilla, and a tie or neckerchief. And then a pink and yellow cape, used for the “dance,” and the muleta, a much smaller red cape, used in the final stages of the fight. A single suit can take a team of craftspeople months to create - especially with the dense goldwork embroidery, each suit is pure haute couture.
A torero!... (The #Bullfighter) Corrida de Toros.... The tradition, as it is practiced today, involves professional toreros (also called matadors) who execute various formal moves which can be...
We’ve always known there was something extra alluring about the color red—especially when it’s pressed against a likable female form. Well, there is now some proof to this hunch w…
Last Sunday, a 32-year-old bullfighter named Lupita Lopez appeared in Mexico City's Plaza Mexico — the largest bullring in the world — and was inducted into the tiny sorority of matadoras, or professional female bullfighters. Lopez has wanted to be a bullfighter since she was 11.
the matador and bull size each other up
Matadors use red capes to get a bull's attention in a bullfight, but do the animals really hate the color red? Or is there another reason that the capes are crimson?
A recent trawl through Pinterest seemed to indicate that despite their opposition to bullfighting, many people take an interest in photos of matadors.
Fashion photographer, Ruven Afanador gives us the drama and beauty of bullfighters and flamenco dancers through his coffee table books, Sombra and Ruven Afanador: Angel Gitano. The following images…
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Spanish matador Juan Jose Padilla, blinded in one eye by a horrific goring less than six months ago, returned to the...
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (Swedish, 1884-1965), Döende matador [Dying Matador], 1927. Oil on canvas, 80 x 46 cm.
'Traje de Luces' meaning 'Suit of Lights' is the name of the amazing detailed colorful costumes worn by the Toreros or 'Matador' from Latin meaning to kill! Yes kill with the most flamboyant outfits since Louis XIV!
- I recently read Hemingway's ‘Capital of the World’ short story about a young man who dreamed about becoming a celebrated bull-fighter; ...
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