Alberta Ferretti
Spring/Summer 2016 Alberta Ferretti
Outside, there might have been a proper storm a-brewing (rain, rain, more rain), but inside Alberta Ferretti’s show it was about a sandstorm – her collection brought to life by sand dune sirens who appeared from a desert terrain projection and wafted down a sand-drenched catwalk, upon which fashion’s current penchant for the folksy lace prairie dress […]
Read MoreAutumn/Winter 2015-16 Alberta Ferretti Couture
Alberta Ferretti often takes inspiration from exotic motifs picked up throughout her travels. For her couture collection, the setting pretty much came to her. Ferretti recently moved her Paris offices into the ground floor of a glorious 19th-century mansion adjacent to her boutique at 43 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. As befitting a home once owned […]
Read MoreAutumn/Winter 2015-16 Alberta Ferretti
Such is the effect of social media that it got Alberta Ferretti wondering what the equivalent of a selfie would have been way back when. She found her answer in portraits from the Renaissance – because they depicted strong women with character and personality. And so this became her starting point – a wander through […]
Read MoreSpring/Summer 2015 Alberta Ferretti
ALBERTA FERRETTI’S show was like opening the gates to the garden of Eden and seeing what lies behind. Well, a tribe of bohemian nymphs in sheer barely-pink coloured gowns with petal appliqué, of course. One, even had the latticing of a pagoda, its pink flowers seemingly weaving in and out of those lines. Other shorter, […]
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