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Trends Spring/Summer 2012
European Poetry
Mix of epochs and styles in an exquisitely European matrix reinterpreted with irony. Nineteenth-century floral fantasies recreated in abstract mode. Grande soirée mood.
Hints of damask cloth from jackets from vintage shows. Baroque details. High society eccentricity. Laser etching inspired by decorations on men’s sixteenth-century clothing. Surfaces with a strong natural impact such as raw materials for complex couture structures. Sculptural vegetation. Dense and luminous fluidity, multilayer transparency. Ultra-soft leathers.
Oriental Inspiration
The Orient in art form. Floral themes sublimated to the ultimate degree of decorative abstraction. Indian and Japanese figures. Bamboo designs. Graphic fluidity. Artificial reinterpretation of marine fauna and flora. Cyber fantasies. Anthology of multicolored virtuosity, including popular traditions, street style, Bollywood irony and new talent on the catwalk. Paisley all over. Simplified chinoiserie for Western consumption and use. Indigo tones. Tattoo graphics. Pearls and gemstones. Antique jewelry as a starting point for new high value metallics.
African Sensation
The Orient in art form. Floral themes sublimated to the ultimate degree of decorative abstraction. Indian and Japanese figures. Bamboo designs. Graphic fluidity. Artificial reinterpretation of marine fauna and flora. Cyber fantasies. Anthology of multicolored virtuosity, including popular traditions, street style, Bollywood irony and new talent on the catwalk. Paisley all over. Simplified chinoiserie for Western consumption and use. Indigo tones. Tattoo graphics. Pearls and gemstones. Antique jewelry as a starting point for new high value metallics.
Latin Vivacity
South American vitality. Luxuriant vegetation, savagery in shock colors, fantasies striped in psychedelic version. Folk, ultra-summery translated into stylish forms. Shooting new Brazilian talent. Report on Cuba and neighboring areas. Inspiration from artistic stained glass, murals, full color Havana colonial style. Urban geometries in typographic saturations. Ultra-hot orange as a color accent on tobacco brown. Gaucho parade: inspirations from harness and saddlery from Argentina.
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