SHOWDETAILS MILANO+PARIS+BEST BRANDS Spring - Summer 2019

Archaeology and innovation. Nature and culture. Geography and disorder. Dream and action. The summer universe in Milan was a free, multiform space. Ideas circulated spontaneously and freely, up and down the catwalk axis. Visual suggestions, cultural, intellectual and material explorations shone through. There was no hierarchy. Connections, links and hybrids were created. Literature, history, geography. But also anthropology, tradition, spirituality and sport. Human disciplines were interwoven like magnetic filigrees. Associations and references abounded. New forms and textile experimentations were discovered. Emotional resonance was pursued. Garments, prints and embroideries were texts to be read and deciphered, hieroglyphs to be worn. Contemporary Mythologies. About legends, creatures of other worlds. The human voice was mixed with the sound of the woods, fern branches, candid and cruel bridal bouquets. Sirens and Medusas emerged from…

Milan pulsed with mythologìa: a fantastical tale, a narration of myths. It was the place of archetypes, where origin and future met. Where imaginative universes took shape. Where legendary creatures, ancient muses, goddesses, chimeras, Amazonians and sirens paraded. Women of the woods and of amphitheatres. Inheritors of Circe and Penelope. Atavistic, primigenial presences. Women in exile in time, ripped from the flow of centuries, launched into the present. Between pathos and logos. Emotion and rationality. Chiffon and patent. Florals and marble. Water and silk. Poetry and material. An immaculate Medea walked for A.F. Vandevorst. She hid her face behind bouquets of lilies, white and black veils, or lace balaclavas. She was at once ancient and modern. A woman of tragedy, a bearer of wedding gifts and poisons. Candid and cruel.…

Milan interwove a material language that crossed frontiers. Across textile and earthly surfaces. It wove threads together like destinies or horizons. It composed new geography. It followed the meridians. It joined cardinal points, North and South. It absorbed the planet’s heat. It faced the hottest hour of the day, midday. The runway became a neutral space where universal maps could be drawn and new shapes moulded. Joining the poles. Connecting the latitudes with gold filigrees. Following the sun’s rays along the curve of the earth. Standing in the hour without shadows. Bathing in meridian light. Warm winds blew amongst the silk and organza at Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini. Saharan winds – simoom, harmattan, khamsin, ghibli. Nomadic, dark, regal women paraded. They wore the colours of the dunes and dromedaries, the…

Poetry turned athletic. This was about dynamism in pastel hues, skin tones, powder pink, lilac and violet. It was about wearing cycling shorts, tops, bodysuits and jumpsuits with chiffon dresses, lightly transparent overcoats, long skirts and plissé dresses. A variability of shapes and combinations, technical and impalpable fabrics, nylon and silk. The clothes expressed the changeability of a vital instinct and a sophisticated soul, slipping towards the variations of athletic wear. The first variation was dreamy and athletic. The Blumarine woman adored her cycling shorts and bra tops. She loved layering tight sporty pants, tops and bodysuits under shiny overcoats, cascades of fringes and light, ethereal, fluid, sleek dresses. Spontaneous and confident, she wore pieces in elastane and chiffon. She mixed romanticism and competitive spirit. The second variation was impalpable.…

Archeologia e innovazione. Natura e cultura. Geografia e disordine. Sogno e azione. L’universo estivo di Milano è uno spazio libero, multiforme. Le idee circolano spontanee e libere, lungo gli assi delle passerelle. Riverberano di suggestioni visive, di indagini culturali, intellettuali, materiche. Non vi sono gerarchie. Si creano collegamenti, connessioni, ibridazioni. Letteratura, storia, geografia. Ma anche antropologia, tradizione, spiritualità, agonismo. Le discipline dell’uomo si intrecciano come filigrane magnetiche. Vibrano di associazioni e rimandi. Trovano nuove forme, scoprono sperimentazioni tessili. Inseguono risonanze emotive. Indumenti, stampe, ricami sono testi da leggere e decifrare, geroglifici da indossare.Sono Mitologie contemporanee. Raccontano leggende, creature di altri mondi. La voce umana si mescola ai suoni dei boschi, ai rami di felce, a bouquet di spose candide e crudeli. Sirene e meduse emergono dalle acque, vestite d’organza cangiante.…

Milano vibra di mythologìa: è racconto favoloso, è narrazione di miti. È il luogo degli archetipi, dove origine e avvenire si incontrano. Dove prendono forma universi immaginifici. Dove sfilano creature leggendarie, antiche muse, dee, chimere, amazzoni, sirene. Donne dei boschi e degli anfiteatri. Eredi di Circe e Penelope. Presenze ataviche, primigenie. Donne in esilio nel tempo, strappate al flusso dei secoli, lanciate nel presente. Tra pathos e logos. Tra emozione e razionalità. Chiffon e vernice. Fioriture e marmo. Acqua e seta. Poesia e materia. Una Medea immacolata sfila per A.F. Vandevorst. Nasconde il viso, dietro a bouquet di gigli, a veli bianchi e veli neri, a passamontagna in pizzo. È antichissima e moderna. È la donna della tragedia, portatrice di doni nuziali e veleni. È candida e crudele. Indossa abiti…