Innovation illuminates a precious future, where the Orphist approach to ‘pure painting’ is tempered by Neoclassical rigour, said the show notes of Fendi Haute Couture in Paris. In an opulent game of texture and technique, the Fendi Couture Fall/Winter 2018-2019 Collection dances between sublime tradition and new realities in Haute Couture showcased by Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini.
For this time around, brand shifted its focus from haute fourrure to haute couture as exquisite fabrics blur the lines of memory on frayed organza and fringed chiffon become trompe l’oeil surfaces and sintesi mosaics or gheronato chevrons create featherweight shells of tufted cashmere, shaved mink and shearling.
We are not distancing ourselves from fur, whilst giving our customers a choice, said the brand executive.
