Blumarine had its heyday in the ’90s, when its advertising campaigns were shot by the likes of Helmut Newton and Albert Watson, and all the supermodels of the era, from Linda Evangelista to Carla Bruni, glamorously strutted down its catwalks. One of the label’s most beloved muses of that time was the actress Ornella Muti. For Pre-Fall, Muti was rescued from oblivion to reprise her Blumarine role.
Muti’s ingenue sensuality was referenced in ice-blue Chantilly lace shirtdresses with contrasting black trimmings, worn with retro black stockings or thigh-high leather boots. Blumarine’s romantic floral femininity received a kicky update, as in a sumptuous bustier ball gown in silk cady with an asymmetrical wisteria-printed skirt; paired with a matching cardigan featuring a blue mink collar, it made for a bold evening proposition. On a more vintage-bohemian note, a ’70s-inspired, slightly Yves Saint Laurent–ish plissé dress was cut from zebra-printed blue silk lamé. The same animalier motif in a bright shade of cobalt graced a tuxedo-jumpsuit hybrid, which would be a convincing evening outfit for a pretty young thing.
Daywear was svelte and colorful, with short wrap coats in Technicolor tweed or robe coats in houndstooth-printed eco-fur in eye-popping hues of bubblegum pink and fuchsia. There were mini versions of those eco-furs in the kids’ line that will delight mommy-and-me types.
