Skin is one of the most precious materials in fashion and appears to be increasingly in demand, processed and presented. It invaded the catwalks this spring summer, thrilling designers and capturing the attention of individual buyers. It’s time for a ductile material, worked with great skill by the homegrown craftsmen. That’s why among host of articles of clothing, the fine season will have to include a skin article: laser ached, printed, processed and declined in several colors and patterns, a real musthave in the wardrobe, then everyone will choose the model that suit own style and this year there is something for all tastes.
The jacket is to be studied in all its details: not just the classic biker jacket, the more traditional types usually wrapped in tissue have been reinterpreted in different leathers. Salvatore Ferragamo has honored skin with a fine collection for women, with soft colors and valuable work, a hymn to feminity and luxury. Roberto Cavalli, as usual, bets on effect jackets,his iconic patchwork of materials and colors gives way to models made of total silver coconut, sparkling at every opportunity.
Admirable technical skills for Trussardi, who made using skins his stylistic hide, his last fashion woman show showed a remarkable mastery of the most recent productions, the skin becomes thin as a tissue mingling with waterproof materials; the Milan company has not only proposed jackets but also soft outerwear pants and and shorts in red fire: once worn it’s hard not to be noticed. News season is the leather tops, declined by designers in mini or maxi version with straps, short sleeves, applications or minimal. Without a doubt, this spring it’s the most original one. But difficult is not to be won over by a classic of the wardrobe: the coat, proposed in over sizes, colored and presented in a big variety of leathers. Stylish is the total black proposal by Fendi.
Even the man this season is seduced by the precious material, Ermenegildo Zegna makes a jacket in soft nappa leather, Frida Giannini for Gucci processes jockey pants with suede inserts. So the skin is seducedby tones more urban and less rock,his more sophisticated soul is exalted and overshadowed his more aggressive side. It just remains to ask the question: ready for shopping?
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