Laura Biagiotti fall-winter 2011-2012 collection

Laura Biagiotti at her Milan fashion show composes a HYMN TO FASHION and dedicates the collection to the impassioned women upholders of the struggle for independence and to all the female dynamism that contributes in a constructive role, day after day, to Italy’s greatness.

The trend is for clothes that give the body greater freedom of movement: light cashmere or silk dresses with translucent sheerness in tulle, worn with long, leather gloves. Passementerie, lace inlays and appliqués galore. Revisitation and cross-fertilisation: the redingote, originally created as a riding jacket, is in reversible brown cashmere. The waistcoat shapes the torso and gives a finishing touch to the look, both in the cashmere or embroidered or the fur versions. Prince of Wales check double-breasted jacket with red bugle-bead edging and with a mohair-and-studs frog, studs being a key detail of the season. The large, enveloping coat is fastened at the waist by a tiny, studded belt. Dresses are draped and melt into romantic flounces, with graceful, seductive asymmetry at the neckline or hips.


And so the catwalk showcases Garibaldi red in shades from vermillion to purple, the Anita poncho in jacquard patchwork cashmere, the draped dresses of free women. The knitted or woven jacket-scarf is a key item, as well as the riding outfit with a blouse and plus-fours. The palette’s main shades are Biagiotti White and the blacks and greys of the Carbonari together with forest shades interpreted in a symphony of browns and deep greens, or in berry tones from blackcurrant to raspberry.
Motifs and fabrics are often borrowed from the male wardrobe, but revisited with a very feminine touch, such as the houndstooth check in acid tones of citron yellow. Delicate shading on chiffon whispers of pleasurable seduction, while oro alla patria (“gold for the mother country”) draws the attention to exquisite dresses which celebrate the victory.