Sunday 18 November 2012

Bottega Veneta Spring 2013 RTW

Andie Arthur

Ava Smith

Ava Smith (detail)

Bette Franke

Caroline Brasch Nielsen

Fei Fei Sun

Hanne Gaby Odiele

Hanne Gaby Odiele (detail)

Hanne Gaby Odiele (detail)

Jac

Josephine Skriver

Julia Nobis

Kasia Strauss

Mackenzie Drazan

Marie Piovesan

Maud Welzen

Sara Blomqvist

Sigrid Agren

It's not ground-breaking design but my gosh is it beautiful to look at. Tomas Maier has delivered one of the finest collections this Spring by doing the near-impossible - making vintage 1940s look new again and by improving on the stylised features that don't translate into now. The embellishments, raw edges here and there, a mesh cardigan, and fringed black leather handbags. He was not merely recycling looks or silhouettes from another time, this collection was an extension and improvement on it - there is a distinct but subtle difference. Although this approach may just be a blip in Maier's otherwise more signature designs, it might just not be. 

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