“There is something here for every part of a woman’s life,” Anna Molinari said of her Spring lineup for Blumarine backstage today. “I don’t see the point of designing a collection that's only for the red carpet.” And so the show unfurled much like a fantasy day in the life, beginning with optic white eyelet and flouncy skirts (for a stroll through the garden, one imagines, and subsequent tropical floral prints did nudge you in that direction), and ending in romantic eveningwear, with the final look a puff-shouldered, rosy gingham-print organza number.
The show notes cited the early 20th-century Italian activist and photographer Tina Modotti as inspiration, and there was charmingly understated daywear in varying earth tones like clay green, earthy brown, blacks, and bright white "like the sun," said Molinari. Day dresses were "simple looking, but very structured," she added, and some had figure-flattering seams which betrayed that fact. Things came off the rails a bit when it came to the latter section of organza separates, and Alessandro Michele's influence was felt keenly in a sheer gown with floral appliqués. While an organza and mink tartan coat felt a little unnecessary to the narrative, pure romance—and sunny days—shone through.
