Wild Horses. Roberto Cavalli SS17

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Exactly a year ago, I was on fence with Peter Dundas‘ appointment at Robero Cavalli. Right now, I’m bewildered with myself, as I’m about to write an applauding review about his latest, spring-summer 2017 collection. It’s stunning, and so excessively Cavalli. And it’s crazy in love with rock & roll, sex and of course… love!  Dundas looks back at the hippie 60s and crazy 70s, delivering Mick Jagger’s shirts, sultry boheme dresses, chic denim flares and patchworked maxi-skirts. The clothes aren’t too inventive and they will definitely hit a specific niche of Roberto Cavalli customers (think extremely tall, Italian donna with bangs and a yacht), but they literally look like authentic artifacts coming from wardrobe of Janis Joplin, and other music icons. Peter, the ultimate Playboy of the fashion industry, visibly craves to live in those times, filled with sun-drenched journeys to Morocco and lots of champagne. But who doesn’t?

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Love Cavalli

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I think it’s the first time I’m writing about Roberto Cavalli on my blog – ever! Not that I dislike Cavalli’s style – the thing is, the good old Roberto and his extremely Italian, slightly indie chic lost its right path somewhere in 2007, within the appearance of pre-collections and “hate” towards anything “kitsch” (talking of you, minimalism). Even though the designer was at helm of his studio till 2015, the collections didn’t differ much, while the brand wasn’t appealing to a younger clientele. In fact, Peter Dundas initially seemed to be a lost cause. Not only as Roberto’s personal decision, but after his, ironically, Cavalli-style-inspired collections for Emilio Pucci, which didn’t excite either.  After the second season (I’m on fence with the critic-slammed spring-summer 2016 fluo glamorama), however, Dundas catches attention, but not only because of his predictable bling-bling. To a surprise, autumn-winter 2016 collection, for both men and women, was a great nod towards Robeto Cavalli and his bright, golden years – flares, python leather, music band t-shirts and a lot of denim revive from the dust, gracefully. With Jane Birkin’s 70s attitude and a sharp walk, anyone can make these killer, waisted pants look hotter than… hell!

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Bad Gal. Emilio Pucci SS14

Slide1-kopia 2Peter Dundas said backstage the Emilio Pucci SS14 show that he was strongly inspired with the hottest musicians of the moment- he lately dressed for scene and day Rita Ora, Rihanna and Beyonce, that are all known for wearing dresses with sexy cuts, coloyrful prints and of course… a nice price tag. But this is not it. Peter Dundas simply copied Balmain and Tom Ford into his collection! Just look- the shiny jackets, printed parkas, luxury sportwear with sequins, super high heels, gowns with silver sleeves… These are just few things that are taken from Oliver Rousteing and Ford’s mind. And that’s pretty rude in fashion world. But… the collection was quite cool. The best thing were these rock ‘n roll hair styles on models and the closing by Malgosia Bela!

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