The joy of dressing up. Remember that? Lorenzo Serafini does and he wants to bring it back. When we last saw him in February, Serafini was thinking along glam 1970s lines. In the interim, the world stopped; we all know why. Serafini spent his coronavirus lockdown at the Italian seaside, where discos and the clothes to wear in them are in short supply.
Upon reemergence his aesthetic is fully intact, with a few timely modifications. Dark-rinse denim is a nod, of sorts, to our more low-key lifestyles, though his high-waist jeans and pencil skirt are the kind of clothes you pull on for a night out on the town, not on the couch. Ribbed white tank tops, meanwhile, add a sense of youthful freshness to retro bustiers and a strapless minidress in ruched and ruffled red-and-white polka dots. They signal not reduced expectations, but changed expectations. The fabric corsages that decorate nearly all of the pieces in a collection that balances “playfulness and purpose” are another befitting touch. They’re suggestive of a certain exuberance in the face of adversity that we would all do well to adopt.
Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini could not host a presentation this season due to the coronavirus pandemic. In these extenuating circumstances, Vogue Runway has made an exception to its policy and is writing about this collection via photos and remote interviews.
