“Fashion should enhance women’s femininity and beauty,” said Ermanno Scervino. “In every collection, this is my main concern. Of course, style has to be timeless. But it also has to be modern, addressing women’s contemporary needs.” Pre-Fall delivered on this assumption, with plenty of options that blended practicality with the designer’s unabashed passion for voluptuous femininity.
Beyond his usual, well-tailored pantsuits and softly structured coats, which this season came in a chic camouflage pattern on brushed wool, the designer tried his hand at sustainability. He’s adamant about using only excellent Made in Italy fabrications, and he did the same here, sourcing the best sustainably produced materials available. Case in point was a series of sporty parkas and hooded bombers made of “eco-fur” of incredible softness. Roomy and slightly oversize, they were proposed in bright red, white, or black with contrasting logoed ribbons or striped motifs. In the same vein, a black-and-white enveloping eco-fur coat had its lining lacquered in silver for a little sustainable sparkle. The chic, sporty feel was highlighted by eco-leather joggers or wool bicolored leggings and comfy, thick cashmere sweaters.
Scervino likes glamour, that’s a fact; even sustainability has to receive the luxurious, expensive-looking treatment. That goes for a sleek tuxedo in what looked like white satin, which was actually made of the smoothest, luscious eco-leather. Sharply cut with an hourglass-shaped, silk-lapeled, double-breasted blazer, it was given a sensuous flair via a flimsy turtleneck in milky white lace worn underneath. Who says that sustainability can’t be sexy?
