While there was chatter at runway shows and other Fashion Week events about the rapidly spiking infections, health worries remained remote enough to contemplate concerns about a potential economic impact.
"For the moment the situation is under control,’’ the president of the Italian National Fashion Chamber,
‘’It doesn’t seem to me, in this moment, for what regards our sector, our fashion week, that there are signs of danger,’’ Capasa said. ‘’We are tranquil and prudent.’’
Highlights from previews for Fall-Winter 2020-21 womenswear looks:
FASHION’S VIRAL ECONOMIC CONCERNS
While the virus clusters didn't cause undue health concerns at Milan Fashion Week, fashion houses remain worried about the longer-term economic impact. Chinese consumers at home and abroad are responsible for one-third of global luxury sales. The Italian fashion chamber has already forecast a 2% contraction in first-half revenues.
‘’I think we have to live day by day because it is beyond our control,’’
He said the brand is maintaining close contact with its people in
‘’I think that if we are very ‘foot on the ground,’ we will benefit later,’’ Ferragamo said.
Armani said the challenge for businesses won't end when the virus stops spreading. That will be when fashion companies will need to renovate stores and ‘’again create enthusiasm among the people,'' he said after the Emporio Armani preview Friday.
FERRAGAMO’S ‘’METAMODERN’’ WOMAN
The queen, the mother, the lover, the sage, the maiden, the huntress and the mystic. They are the seven Jungian archetypes that inspired Paul Andrew’s newest collection for
‘’I was thinking that here, today, in this modern age, a woman in any given hour is all of those things together,’’ Andrew said backstage.
Andrew’s mood board was full of ‘’iconic’’ women who fulfill those roles. They included
The collection brimmed with Italian craftmanship -- from wavy woven bags made from upcycled left-over leather from the Ferragamo warehouses, to hand-made macramé inserts in an archival botanical print, enhancing the back of a print blouse with eye-catching detail.
Trousers were high-waisted, sometimes corseted and other times layered with a built-in side-cinched long skirt on top. Knitwear, worn perhaps as mini-dresses, came embroidered with exotic florals. Leather coats had a light feel and incorporated scarves. The design feature was repeated on sheer dresses and blazers, creating a dramatic effect. And there were strong all-leather pant looks for anyone wanting to star in their own
The opening and closing looks featured fringe-adorned dresses -- one a shimmering silver fringe skirt over a black sheath, and the other long strands of ribbon trailing from a black strapless number -- that had a polished, shredded effect. Coincidence that it comes just weeks after
‘’She’s an incredible woman,’’ Andrew said of Pelosi. ‘’She is powerful, she is strong, she is comfortable with herself. She is everything I admire in a woman.’’
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