Silvana Armani honors a fashion dynasty with fluid, essential collection during Milan Fashion Week
MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani’s niece, Silvana Armani, took on her uncle’s mantle with quiet confidence and presented her first signature collection without any input. iconic founding designer to close Milan Fashion Week Sunday.
67-year-old actor Andie MacDowell was among the front row guests of the fashion show, which opened a new page for the Giorgio Armani fashion group. death 4 September He is 91 years old.
“One of the things that’s really important to me is to represent women of a certain age and show that we’re still fashionable and strong and powerful and enjoy life and looking beautiful,” said MacDowell, who arrived at the show in a dark Armani suit with three-dimensional rose detailing.
“I love it because I was born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell and I thought this suit was made for me. It makes me feel really elegant,” she said.
The Giorgio Armani women’s winter wardrobe for next autumn and winter was fluid, essential and thoroughly contemporary, expressing the essence of the fashion house. So, there was no jewelery other than pins bearing the birth sign of the late designer, Cancer.
The opening look was urban slate gray and softened with silk blouses with scarf detailing around the neck. While the burgundy belt added color and structure, lightweight round-neck knitwear maintained discipline. Long coats grazed the runway.
For his uncle, Silvan Armani made soft but tailored jackets the backbone of the collection, including Japanese-style quilted jackets and colorful fur coats. They are complemented by flowy trousers, some with pleats on the sides to add volume. Silky high-collared blouses and anoraks reflected an active lifestyle, as did winter white trousers, cozy knitwear, crossbody bags and tinted glasses.
The color palette has shifted to burgundy and midnight blue, the new black. The velvet look, accented with beaded embroidery, gave a relaxed elegance, while the evening dresses featured iridescent corsets that sat slightly away from the body.
Even the dressier looks were worn with crossbody bags, showing that the Giorgio Armani woman wasn’t waiting at home for the evening festivities to begin.
70-year-old Silvana Armani said after the fashion show that the collection included looks she would wear.
Armani, who greeted him in a navy blue sweater and trousers like his uncle, said, “Working with fluidity and simplicity came naturally to me, because that’s who I am.”
Silvana Armani also collaborated with Armani creative heir Leo Dell’Orco on the brand-new Emporio Armani co-ed collection, previewed on Thursday.
The floor of the Armani Theater is covered in wood, reminiscent of the music conservatory that inspired a collection that combines British formality with Italian sensibility. While frock coats and vests evoked performance, denim grounded the look and gave them a fresh modernity.
The show ended with a stunning finale of starched white shirts and impeccable black tie, and the creative duo were greeted with long, warm applause.
The Olympic medal winners from Team Italy sat in the front row seats. They were outfitted in EA7 Emporio Armani performance athletic apparel for the February 6-22 Games.
