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Lead ImageThe Narcissist by ThevxlleyPhotography by Kito Muñoz
Daniel del Valle is building his universe from his home-studio in London. It’s not a fashion brand, he insists – it’s a garden. He calls it Thevxlley, pronounced “the valley,” though the descriptor is more metaphor than a place. Everything seems to grow in this garden: bread, orchids, glass, ceramics, clothing that weighs more than small children. Some garments are not so much worn as carried like reliquaries.
Del Valle’s path to becoming an artist is guided by obsession rather than career planning. He was raised in Pilas, a small Andalusian town near Sevilla, where his grandmother taught him embroidery to keep him occupied and his father punished bad grades by making him work nights in the family bakery. The first lesson was patience, the second was endurance, and neither were wasted.
At 19, Del Valle moved to London. He worked in restaurants, then in floristry (which he calls “the rent-paying job”), eventually designing floral installations for Paul Thomas Flowers. He later collaborated with artists, including the lingerie experimentalist Michaela Stark, whose work similarly pushes the boundary between garment and sculpture. But what del Valle really wanted was to make something that was entirely his. The Narcissist – an eclectic merge of fashion, exhibition, performance, object and memory – is his first fully self-authored project. It has taken three years, countless materials and the unwavering belief that beauty is not the opposite of obsession, but the result of it. It’s a work in progress still, but as the project thus far is photographed by Kito Munoz, the artist tells the story behind it.
“I was born in Pilas, a small village near Sevilla, and I’ve been based in London for years now. I’ve always been a creative person. I’ve worked with other artists, brands and magazines, but I never really had the chance to do something that was completely mine. That’s why I started this project, The Narcissist.
“I didn’t study in the traditional sense. In Spain, when you’re at school, you have to choose between words, science, art … and of course I chose art. My town was so small that I had to move to Seville to keep studying. When I finished, I decided to come to London to learn the language and to see what I could do creatively. At the beginning, I thought I wanted to be a fashion designer, but when I arrived here, everything exploded for me. I started making things, being hands-on, and I realised I didn’t need to study to do that – I was already doing it. I’m a curious person; when I want to learn something, I go deep into it until I understand it.
“When I first moved to London, I worked in restaurants, collaborated with artists, and did creative jobs here and there. Then I tried moving to Madrid for a cheaper life, but all my international work stopped when I left London. After two years there, I came back just before Covid, and after the pandemic, I decided it was time to make my own work properly. That’s when The Narcissist started. It began very naturally – I made a few looks that somehow worked perfectly together, and I thought, okay, this is going somewhere. I’ve been working on it for three years now. For me, this collection is a catalogue of obsessions – bread, ceramics, embroidery, flowers – all the things and people that have shaped me.
“My grandmother had a big influence on me. When I was a child, she would keep me busy by teaching me embroidery. She also taught me how to care for plants. My father is a baker and bread has always been around me. In the collection, there’s a piece made from bread that I’ve been back to my hometown four times to make with him. He’s such a traditional man, so the fact that he’s helping me create these crazy sculptures means a lot.
“Ceramics are another big part of my life. In southern Spain, everything is ceramic – the tiles, the plates, the streets. One day I went with my mum to her ceramics class in my hometown, and I instantly fell in love with the space. It was full of textures and materials. Later, two ceramic artists in Barcelona made one of the biggest pieces in the collection for me completely out of generosity. I can’t explain how special that was – people believing in me just for the love of creating together. Glass came the same way. I’d been obsessed with glassblowing for years but couldn’t do it at home, so when a friend introduced me to a glass artist in Barcelona, I spent a week with her making one of the pieces. It was my first time working with molten glass – it felt like magic.
“I’ve also used my mum’s wedding dress for the last look in the collection. I didn’t want to cover it with anything, it’s so beautiful, but I found inspiration in wax flowers. During Easter, people make huge wax bouquets to decorate the saints in the streets. It’s a tradition that’s disappearing, but I tracked down one of the last women who still makes them. She opened her home to me, and through my grandmother I even managed to borrow her century-old moulds. Now I can make those wax flowers for my mum’s dress.
“There are so many personal stories woven through this project – my grandmothers’ crafts, the bakery, my friends in London and Spain, my partner Alex who’s been helping me from the start. The campaign was shot by Kito Muñoz, who I’ve known since I was sixteen. We’ve grown up together, so to have him shoot this collection felt like closing a circle.
“The Narcissist isn’t really about me anymore. It’s about everyone and everything that shaped me – my family, my friends, my obsessions. I see it like a garden. Thevxlley is the name of my garden, and everything that grows inside it is a reflection of me. When people come to see the collection, I don’t want them to expect to learn anything deep. I just want them to feel like they’re walking through a garden, surrounded by life.”
Photography: Kito Muñoz. Styling and consultancy: Alex Francisco. Set design: Miguel Bento. Hair: Tasos Constantinou. Make-up: Josh Bart. Casting director: Nachum Shonn. Production: Becky Lee. Retouching: Curro Verdugo. Models: Rex at Supa Model Management; Jesse, Henry and Shea at Premier Model Management; Becky at Established Models. Photography assistants: Felix TW and Tom Mckean. First AC: Ada Wesolowska. Set assistant: Kita Silva. Hair assistant: Dario Grassi. Makeup assistant: Molly Lynch. Production assistant: Luiza Cioaba
Director: Kito Muñoz. Production: Becky Lee. Casting director: Nachum Shonn. DoP: Joseph Dunn. Styling and consultancy: Alex Francisco. Set designer: Miguel Bento. Hair: Tasos Constantinou using Mr Smith. Make-up: Josh Bart. Editor: Aitor Bigas. Sound design: Ccee Studio. Colour grading: Júlia Martí at Only Post Production. Graphic designer: Miguel de la Vega. Models: Models: Rex at Supa Model Management; Jesse, Henry and Shea at Premier Model Management; Becky at Established Models. 1st photography assistant: Felix TW. Photography assistant: Tom Mckean. 1st AC: Ada Wesolowska. Set assistant: Kita Silva. Hair assistant: Dario Grassi. Makeup assistant: Molly Lynch. Production assistant: Luiza Cioaba
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Lead ImageThe Narcissist by ThevxlleyPhotography by Kito Muñoz
Daniel del Valle is building his universe from his home-studio in London. It’s not a fashion brand, he insists – it’s a garden. He calls it Thevxlley, pronounced “the valley,” though the descriptor is more metaphor than a place. Everything seems to grow in this garden: bread, orchids, glass, ceramics, clothing that weighs more than small children. Some garments are not so much worn as carried like reliquaries.
Del Valle’s path to becoming an artist is guided by obsession rather than career planning. He was raised in Pilas, a small Andalusian town near Sevilla, where his grandmother taught him embroidery to keep him occupied and his father punished bad grades by making him work nights in the family bakery. The first lesson was patience, the second was endurance, and neither were wasted.
At 19, Del Valle moved to London. He worked in restaurants, then in floristry (which he calls “the rent-paying job”), eventually designing floral installations for Paul Thomas Flowers. He later collaborated with artists, including the lingerie experimentalist Michaela Stark, whose work similarly pushes the boundary between garment and sculpture. But what del Valle really wanted was to make something that was entirely his. The Narcissist – an eclectic merge of fashion, exhibition, performance, object and memory – is his first fully self-authored project. It has taken three years, countless materials and the unwavering belief that beauty is not the opposite of obsession, but the result of it. It’s a work in progress still, but as the project thus far is photographed by Kito Munoz, the artist tells the story behind it.
“I was born in Pilas, a small village near Sevilla, and I’ve been based in London for years now. I’ve always been a creative person. I’ve worked with other artists, brands and magazines, but I never really had the chance to do something that was completely mine. That’s why I started this project, The Narcissist.
“I didn’t study in the traditional sense. In Spain, when you’re at school, you have to choose between words, science, art … and of course I chose art. My town was so small that I had to move to Seville to keep studying. When I finished, I decided to come to London to learn the language and to see what I could do creatively. At the beginning, I thought I wanted to be a fashion designer, but when I arrived here, everything exploded for me. I started making things, being hands-on, and I realised I didn’t need to study to do that – I was already doing it. I’m a curious person; when I want to learn something, I go deep into it until I understand it.
“When I first moved to London, I worked in restaurants, collaborated with artists, and did creative jobs here and there. Then I tried moving to Madrid for a cheaper life, but all my international work stopped when I left London. After two years there, I came back just before Covid, and after the pandemic, I decided it was time to make my own work properly. That’s when The Narcissist started. It began very naturally – I made a few looks that somehow worked perfectly together, and I thought, okay, this is going somewhere. I’ve been working on it for three years now. For me, this collection is a catalogue of obsessions – bread, ceramics, embroidery, flowers – all the things and people that have shaped me.
“My grandmother had a big influence on me. When I was a child, she would keep me busy by teaching me embroidery. She also taught me how to care for plants. My father is a baker and bread has always been around me. In the collection, there’s a piece made from bread that I’ve been back to my hometown four times to make with him. He’s such a traditional man, so the fact that he’s helping me create these crazy sculptures means a lot.
“Ceramics are another big part of my life. In southern Spain, everything is ceramic – the tiles, the plates, the streets. One day I went with my mum to her ceramics class in my hometown, and I instantly fell in love with the space. It was full of textures and materials. Later, two ceramic artists in Barcelona made one of the biggest pieces in the collection for me completely out of generosity. I can’t explain how special that was – people believing in me just for the love of creating together. Glass came the same way. I’d been obsessed with glassblowing for years but couldn’t do it at home, so when a friend introduced me to a glass artist in Barcelona, I spent a week with her making one of the pieces. It was my first time working with molten glass – it felt like magic.
“I’ve also used my mum’s wedding dress for the last look in the collection. I didn’t want to cover it with anything, it’s so beautiful, but I found inspiration in wax flowers. During Easter, people make huge wax bouquets to decorate the saints in the streets. It’s a tradition that’s disappearing, but I tracked down one of the last women who still makes them. She opened her home to me, and through my grandmother I even managed to borrow her century-old moulds. Now I can make those wax flowers for my mum’s dress.
“There are so many personal stories woven through this project – my grandmothers’ crafts, the bakery, my friends in London and Spain, my partner Alex who’s been helping me from the start. The campaign was shot by Kito Muñoz, who I’ve known since I was sixteen. We’ve grown up together, so to have him shoot this collection felt like closing a circle.
“The Narcissist isn’t really about me anymore. It’s about everyone and everything that shaped me – my family, my friends, my obsessions. I see it like a garden. Thevxlley is the name of my garden, and everything that grows inside it is a reflection of me. When people come to see the collection, I don’t want them to expect to learn anything deep. I just want them to feel like they’re walking through a garden, surrounded by life.”
Photography: Kito Muñoz. Styling and consultancy: Alex Francisco. Set design: Miguel Bento. Hair: Tasos Constantinou. Make-up: Josh Bart. Casting director: Nachum Shonn. Production: Becky Lee. Retouching: Curro Verdugo. Models: Rex at Supa Model Management; Jesse, Henry and Shea at Premier Model Management; Becky at Established Models. Photography assistants: Felix TW and Tom Mckean. First AC: Ada Wesolowska. Set assistant: Kita Silva. Hair assistant: Dario Grassi. Makeup assistant: Molly Lynch. Production assistant: Luiza Cioaba
Director: Kito Muñoz. Production: Becky Lee. Casting director: Nachum Shonn. DoP: Joseph Dunn. Styling and consultancy: Alex Francisco. Set designer: Miguel Bento. Hair: Tasos Constantinou using Mr Smith. Make-up: Josh Bart. Editor: Aitor Bigas. Sound design: Ccee Studio. Colour grading: Júlia Martí at Only Post Production. Graphic designer: Miguel de la Vega. Models: Models: Rex at Supa Model Management; Jesse, Henry and Shea at Premier Model Management; Becky at Established Models. 1st photography assistant: Felix TW. Photography assistant: Tom Mckean. 1st AC: Ada Wesolowska. Set assistant: Kita Silva. Hair assistant: Dario Grassi. Makeup assistant: Molly Lynch. Production assistant: Luiza Cioaba
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