Gordon Richardson and his design team have their finger firmly on the pulse on what’s popular and buzzy. Topman Design Show was the opening-and happening- at the first day of London Collections Men for Spring/Summer 2017. Topman Design and creativ director Gordon Richardson sets the tone for the entire four day extravaganza of menswear.
Gucci and Alessandro Michele are taking Gucci Resort 2017 collection on the road, showing the collection before yesterday in Westminster Abbey in London. Michele’s show is the first ever staged under the majestic stained glass windows of the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey.The 700-year-old church cloisters proved a dramatic setting for Alessandro Michele’s Cruise 2017 collection, and only heightened its quirky charms.
“You put more and more just to be crazy,because when you are crazy, you have the illusion of fashion. And fashion is the biggest illusion you can have.” Alessandro Michele said backstage.The looks he showed, 96 veils of illusion, will disassemble effortlessly into piles of sensational knitwear, closets full of pretty little dresses and proper pleated skirts, mounds of new accessories .
Christian Dior Resort 2017 collection was shown yesterday afternoon, 31 May, in the Blenheim Palace. The Brand Christian Dior have a history with Blenheim., two of Christian Dior’s charity shows were held in the ’50s in this awesome country house built by the architect Sir John Vanbrugh as a gift to John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, in the early 18th century.They were haute couture shows, both held in the presence of Princess Margaret, who was a Cristion Dior customer.The first, in 1954, was designed by Christian Dior, the second, in 1958, by Yves Saint Laurent. The third show staged there yesterday, of course it was a Resort , not Haute Couture, collection was designed by Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux. .Of course ,the collection, didn’t attempt to match the grandeur of the of the surroundings such Bleinheim Palace is, it worked more in the idiom of slightly quirky daywear but the daywear with interesting color combinations, layered slip dresses, classic suiting and tropical prints.There were also a few versions of the coatdresses Dior is known for. Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux has shown a good Christian Dior Resort 2017 collection. Let us wait of the Haute Couture Week which will stage in Paris as usually.
Fendi Resort 2017 collection has shown us that Karl Lagerfeld’s talent seems to be in an unstoppable.His sources of Inspiration are very surprising – in the Fendi’s Resort collection, the references spanned traditional american red-white quilting motifs to exotic florals of Japanese antique wallpapers.Fendi’s aesthetic is about innovation and experimentation , it’s a twist that gives an unexpected spin to rigorous, graphic shapes and volumes. Fendi’s Resort 2017 has summery, feminine aspect. A romantic flair infused ankle-grazing dresses in printed chiffon or crepe de Chine; skirts were pleated and billowy. A vibrant, undulating graphic graced off-the-shoulder blouses and short ruched skirts, and it had a “Wow” effect on a short fur jacket on which shaved mink and fluffy hand-trimmed fox waves were suspended on tulle netting. When it comes to fur Lagerfeld and Silvia Fendi made a spectacular pieces such a duster coat on which shaved mink was pierced into a macro netting and lavishly decorated with a furry blossoming flowers and twirling butterflies.