"Fresh off the tremendous success of this summer's Fendi couture show in Rome the pair, Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi, came back to Milan with another quirkily beautiful ready-to-wear collection. Its makings sound like an unlikely mix: utilitarian striped and sporty knitted sock booties on the one hand, grand baroque brocades and lingerie silks on the other. But it was all deftly tied together with a result that came through as calm and curiously creative at the same time. His way of tossing a salad of references and materials is always aimed at producing an unforeseen combination whose novelty is relevant to modern tastes. That was true again this time, as Lagerfeld ribbon-tied aprons of elaborate gilded fabric over gathered pants; applied leather flower embroidery onto a khaki jacket and a trenchcoat; and segued from a take on this season's sheer floral-print dress to apricot '20s-style silk lingerie-like pieces with cut-out butterflies on their bodices. Among all this there were inimitably Lagerfeldian organza blouses with scalloped edges running around the shoulders and sleeves - the sort of thing he has been designing his entire career, reprised with spot-on timing to catch the current exaggerated-sleeve silhouette." - vogue.com
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