Luxurious warmth and technicolor fun artfully coexist on the Italian runways. MOJEH.com deconstructs the burst of rainbow graphics across three MFW shows.
By Aishwarya Tyagi
Salvatore Ferragamo a/w16
Salvatore Ferragamo
“A playful combination of different materials, the shape and the joyful spirit that’s behind the artwork,” is how Massimiliano Giornetti describes his autumn/winter presentation for Salvatore Ferragamo that looked to the Dada and Bauhaus movements and artists Hannah Höch and Oskar Schlemmer. The endless array of bright colours, the sharp lines, and the zigzags were further intensified by the regimented cacophony of the loud stage.
Marni
Consuela Castiglioni took period drama silhouettes and recreated them, playing with proportion, layering, and flashy colours for the new season at Marni. We see a bevy of sack-like constructions, capes teamed with ski pants and shirts re-configured into short dresses in the harlequin and other prints. Averitable burst of winter appropriate psychedelic hues.
Missoni
Angela Missoni knows her knitwear. And she manages to reinvent it season after season. In a series of thick, handknit space-dyed looks, winter wear at the Missoni show coordinated distinct colours and patterns. The dusty faded neons later progressed into shimmery, street disco styles with long lace dresses layered over t-shirts and mesh bralettes.
