So I guess it would be important in a collection, which I describe as romantic to define what romanticism is in clothes? Firstly it all depends on the individual designer, in Ferretti’s case I could only describe it as classically formed, ethereal clothes with a mix of couture quality embellishment and clever draping. Whenever I look at any collection I always try and link it with architecture and art, it’s weird but they’re things that I love and I love it even more when fashion is inspired by these things. But enough with this useless chitchat, lets get to what we’re all here to see, the looks.
Last week we showed you Gucci’s big skirts and this week its Alberta’s little ones. Here Alberta has created a marbled effect on chiffon making it seem as if Sasha Pivarova is wearing molten marble. It’s quite a simple look but quite affective. Actually it’s quite interesting how Ferretti goes from uptown to downtown chic quite easily appealing to the Cosmo crowd, and as you’ll see later, the lunching ladies.
Ferretti always has been a wonderful red carpet and cocktail dress creator and this chiffon example with vertical pleats, reminiscent of piped classical columns is certainly one for the downtown crowd, and if orange isn’t your colour
There were lilacs like this beautifully embellished example
Or this lovely olive yellow example
Not sexy enough? How about this Botticelliesque dress, the only part that appears solid is that belt, talk about sheer. Don’t forget that detailing which really makes these dresses so special.
This printed dress seems both mannerist in its ornate print, and classical in the subject of the print; Greek architecture
Now I’ve been stating consistently that the goddess silhouette is the silhouette of the season, now if this is a little difficult for you to pull off or it’s just not becoming on you, Ferretti has created a selection of semi-goddess silhouetted dresses like this rather flirty sand coloured frock
That detailing continues underneath, almost like curtains in a Greek temple, or even a mosaic pattern
This red and orange combo uses such a subtle orange that combined with the bright red becomes almost a nude colour
The colour of the collection was green, in shades ranging from mint to ivy and grey/greens. The draping on this mint dress continues the idea that these dresses are subtle piped columns, now you can’t see it but this dress actually has another layer of draping on the fringe at the top to appear to be like the heads of those aforementioned columns.
Here is another example of one of Alberta’s semi-goddess cut dresses, with that shiny skirt isn’t it so downtown chic?
Or one of Lily Donaldson’s dresses where the draping really does speak for itself, and that embellishment is just stunning, almost like a waterfall or even sunrays.
Or this dark cloudy green with just enough embellishment to make it modern
Whilst this mint look harks utterly back to the Greeks, look at those dazzling folds! If there is a way to do high wasted it is this.
With embellishment like this, who needs jewellery?
The collection’s best parts were the draping details, so the dresses without the embellishment really stood out as show-stoppers, whether its for a night out with your friends in this wine dress (need I mention the cascading?)
Or this gorgeous white number with a centralised pleating, also note how in many of the outfits there have been subtle references to that goddess silhouette, through lopsided amounts of fabric such as on Lily’s left side and down her arm
Red Carpet gowns are certainly one of Alberta’s forte’s although if you are going to a red carpet event don’t colour match with that carpet, maybe this would be better for a gala opening (see I told you ladies who lunch, that there were clothes for you)
And how about this number, obviously it would need to be fitted better, but those pleats and the embellishment make it look like treasure being found in the sea (the pleats being the sea and the embellishment, well I’m pretty sure you get the reference)
