There are designers who design and designers who talk about
designing but never quite reach their destination. Tomas Maier, like him or
not, is a designer who designs. He is a man who presents his collections and
allows the clothes to speak for themselves and this Fall for Bottega Veneta
Men’s is no different. For me it is a love hate thing but I can always appreciate
what he does on some level.
This season, the usual somber or restrained palette has been
replaced with a riot of color that will send shivers up the spine of so many.
No, the collection is not kaleidoscopic but there are moments of relief from
the usual classical and more sedate colorations, the bright suedes, corduroys
and cashmeres are simply delicious and ever so inviting. The combinations offer
a respite as well as a high point in the breadth of collections that have been
shown so far in Milan. No question that there seems to be a more relaxed take
for the season but Maier uses the athletic
references and combines them with classic shapes and yields clothes that
look so comfortable and so bohemian and yet classic that they could be very hard to resist for
many.
Somehow in this dishabille look there is a chic to it even
if one might see slouchy and loose and even droopy and a bit of an unmade bed in
some cases. Karl said that wearing sweat pants is akin to giving up ... well...
I give up! I could easily surrender to Maier’s vision for fall as will so many.
Please don’t think that there aren’t plenty of classics in the collection that
appeal to a far broader spectrum of BV clients than the louder and more extreme
pieces. Bottega remains modern and classic at it is core and all of it rendered
in exquisite quality and in the lushest fabrications.
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