Came the news of a dress shortage in our nation’s capital ahead of the ceremony. Whenever suggesting that The Great Dress Shortage of 2017 was proof that his inauguration could be very well attended indeed, s next to impossible to find a great dress for this inauguration, our ‘omniscientpresident elect’ ld the Times. Now let me ask you something. Is there a single dress shop in Washington that hasn’t been cleaned out ahead of Trump’s inauguration? How hard is it to find a great dress for the inauguration? Just how barren are the eveningwear racks at Saks and identical high end womenswear boutiques? It’s a well-known fact that the designer said the eclectic looks of colliding patterns and exploding colors were inspired by longago trips to Mexico and India.
She imagined creating them for her paisley tribe to wear at a highaltitude festival. Real statement of the season for designer Giorgio Armani’s youthful line was color, including an unexpected appearance of wintertime pink, the Emporio Armani show opened and closed on grey and almost white. Beneath it, the festivalgoer can wear short shorts, corduroy and ‘shearling mix’ pants that gather right at the p of a walking boot. So overcoat defines the silhouette, long and regal. For evening, mostly there’re ethnic beaded and mirrored ‘minidresses’ to be worn with high patchwork boots. Needless to say, Armani deployed a few men to underline the continuity between the collections, including geometric print ‘buttondown’ shirts, pleated trousers and blazers that work for any gender, while facts of a woman’s life, from work to play to evening. On p of that, there were sexy bodyhugging dresses that can transition from day to night. That is interesting right? Always with a streetwear edge, just like a cropped sweater with an open blazer and cropped pants, there were suits for the work day. Actually, there were pretty floral dresses that had a vaguely battlefatigue camouflage effect. Sheepskin jackets are fitted, to show the curves.
Marco de Vincenzo’s latest collection was down to earth in a backtothefuture way. While focusing on twists of the classic wardrobe, that goes for both the color palate, that included a series of looks in a well rubbed coppery sheen and leopard prints, and the ‘back to basics’ nature of the collection.
Armani has taken his cue from the models, who showed up to work in leggings, and incorporated the streetwear mainstay into his collection alongside his more typical slim trouser and cropped pleated pant.
For them, Armani played with transparent PVC tuxedo jackets or skirts over elegant trousers or tights.
So that’s, finally, the line for young dresses. Honoring her free spirit, the Etro women takes on her trek both clothes to catch the wind like light print dresses with long pleated skirts and clothes to protect against it, namely patchwork puff jackets. Hadid had a little stumble on the Moschino runway when her shoe caught the hemline of a dress fashioned to look like it was recycled from a Persian carpet.
Far this week, Hadid has walked the runways for Max Mara and Moschino, where she was joined by her sister Bella and Kendall Jenner. She recovered with aplomb, with a few high steps. Like confetti at Carnival on navy blue prints, some were seemingly spontaneous, while others were more studious, architectural dark red accents on an otherwise simple blackish cocktail dress. Also, there were other bursts of color By the way, the 82yearold designer expressed that’s not something done with a light heart after 35 years, Armani ld reporters backstage after the show. Remember, Equality; Courage; Unity. Emblazoned on her creations for next fall were key words. Normally, most symbolically, on patches placed on knit hats that recall the caps worn at recent demonstrations by women across the United States. On the sleeves of blouses. With that said, the sentiment was unmistakable, Versace’s hats weren’t pink and didn’t have cat ears.