Sportswear is today’s style mantra. There’s almost no collection in the fashion-sphere, from the most outrageously avant-garde to the more bourgeois and conservative, that hasn’t in some way reverted to sportswear to get the zeitgeist’s vibe right. Piazza Sempione is no exception: For Resort, its design team tapped into the sporty theme.
The Italian label is a go-to for ladies who want to dress well and look up-to-date in their everyday lives, from running errands to having a meeting with the boss to bringing the kids to school. Good quality fabrics; a practical style with an elegant, molto Milanese bent; and a discreet dash of fashion: This is the classic house recipe.
For Resort, a sportswear sensibility inspired a short trapeze-line tennis dress with black piping, crafted in technical scuba jersey, and a blue pleated shirtdress with an elongated waistline. Elsewhere, trimmings in contrasting colors on double-face cashmere cabans or masculine shirts also suggested the sporty theme. Lightweight parkas were a leitmotif of the collection; they looked fresh in crisp striped poplin, paired with a matching blouse and slim cropped pants and exuded a fashionable techno-feel in cotton. An artsy vibe was visible in prints with geometric black-and-white motifs, as in a cotton parka worn with a pleated knee-length skirt.
Pants are the label’s forte. A wide, cropped palazzo style had a modern appeal paired with a featherweight drawstring shirt in checkered viscose. A touch of drama was added via a bold color palette of orange and cobalt blue, as in a short, boxy sleeveless cape in double-face lightweight cashmere, worn with a pleated midi skirt in crepe de Chine.
