Sunday, September 12, 2010

Eastern (twisted) minimalism















Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti RTW Spring 2011
After looking at pictures of Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti's RTW Spring 2011 show on WWD, I just HAD to run to my blog and publish something about it. It was just exquisite!
The cuts, the colors, the vibe... It was all brilliant! Contrarely to what we keep seeing on these season's runways (chic, bourgeois minimalism in neutral colors), the show was full of hot yellows, vibrant greens, bold blues and vivid oranges which were all brilliantly tamed down by clean cuts and shapes. Plus, something that seemed completely off this season was ever-so present : PRINTS. Prints e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e. Most of them tropical, exotic almost as if they came out of a brightened Gauguin painting, others a bit more discreet in black and white.
What I loved was that it was just so different from everything else we've seen this season, so UNEXPECTED almost as if Alberta Ferretti hadn't seen any of the shows or been aware of the new trends (which is impossible,let's face it). No, Alberta probably saw all this, I guess she just decided not to take notice of it.
The whole feel of the show reminded of Jean-Paul Gaultier's old shows, very wild and exotic. They were some sort of "souvenirs", marks of his travels. I guess the Eastern vibe is the cause for this.
Actuallt, come to think of it, it also reminded me of Versace a few seasons ago and of Dries Van Noten's everlasting love of prints.
If you really want to make a bond between this line and this season's biggest trends, I guess you could see a form of minimalism through the clean cuts, but then it would be a second degree minimalism which didn't include getting happy colors out of your closet. And that, is just a nice thought to wrap your head around you know? Being able to be chic without having to throw away everything that isn't black, white or beige out of your wardrobe.


(all images belong to Women's Wear Daily's site)

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