“Was I deceiv’d, or did a sable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night?”
He started with a John Milton quote and Antonio Berardi was in full on romantic mood this morning.
“I loved the futuristic elements,” said Vogue’s Harriet Quick. “He included his signature precision tailoring and those gorgeous sculpted dresses – he dresses a very sleek, empowered woman.”
It began with a pearl story that pulled in voluminous chiffon waves to stiff patent leather shoulder pieces, the chiffon pieces sometimes encrusted with a million sparkling beads. Shorter shift dresses with panels of embellishment or shiny leather were built up at each shoulder and followed a strict body con silhouette, serving to further emphasise the roomy nature of empire line evening dresses – that billowed out from patent leather bustier tops - and beautiful tailoring that, while as formal as we’re used to from Berardi, allowed slightly more room for manoeuvre than the past couple of seasons. Softly draped kimono tops and fluid trouser underlined the point.
Pale trouser suits were translucent to show off the elegant structure within, they were accented by darker versions in panels of dark green and cream – and then an orange and cream print went by in a flash of fiery colour, before more form fitting dresses and leggings emblazoned with sequins down the front was a taste of the full on sex appeal we always like from Berardi.
Flesh pink with claret, pale spearmint, scarlet and turquoise – the colour palette was as delicious as the tailoring was precise – and then the mermaid hemmed skirts, worn with fabulous multi-strapped heels of pearly cream or green, were pure fairy tale glamour.
With thanks to Mercedes Benz.
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