Kiton’s new store opposite Prada’s on Via Sant’Andrea opened for the first time only this morning: On a whistle-stop tour through it, house scion Maria Giovanna Paone presented a comprehensive wardrobe for spring. The most striking items included a finger-kissingly soft overshirt in cashmere hung against some sumptuous cashmere-cotton corduroy pants, a combination that was simultaneously understated and lavishly rich.
As you would expect, there was enough soft-shouldered suiting to keep a retinue of porters employed at check-in. A silk cady sweatshirt with a woven suede body was an evident source of delight, both for the wearer and the wearer’s dry cleaner. More robust was a section of terracotta-hued suiting in Irish linen, and more fluid was a series of billowing silk foulard dresses—really just two huge squares of lavishly printed fabric strapped artfully around a body-accommodating space—that was vacation aperitivo catnip. A pure silk trench, meanwhile, was outerwear for those who rarely encounter rainfall but enjoy the drama of gunflap, volume, and swoosh.
Upstairs were two especially beguiling displays; the first a tailored jacket in blue and white bouclé teamed with a same-fabric pair of jeans-style, five-pocket pants. And tucked away at the end of the room was a fantastic little capsule of piped linen robes, cashmere eye masks, and spa slippers.
