Anthony Vaccarello’s runway exhibits for Saint Laurent have at all times been recognized to be grand, spectacular and luring. And this knack for staging an epic present is broadly recognized all through the style world. For the French Maison’s newest Fall/Winter 21 assortment, Vaccarello shakes up the bourgeoisie codes with glitzy ’60s-inspired seems in colors working the gamut of purple and pink, to purple and brown. “It’s the shapes of the ’60s with the colors of the ’80s,” mentioned Vaccarello in an announcement.
The vary was revealed by means of a cinematic movie dubbed “The place The Silver Wind Blows,” with epic backdrops together with majestic waterfalls, floating icebergs and precipitous cliffs. Vaccarello isn’t a stranger to this new medium of showcasing his assortment for the Maison; ever because the pandemic has compelled many different manufacturers to rethink their advertising and marketing technique, vogue movies have develop into the beacon of hope for manufacturers to remain related with their followers. And for a lot of, this chance to vicariously journey supplies much-needed reduction from the mundaneness of on a regular basis life. This newest movie can be a type of escapism for us dwelling in Singapore, the drafty climate and the misty situations surrounding the immaculately dressed fashions are a stark distinction to the sweltering warmth right here. We will’t wait to have a style of winter once more… decked in Saint Laurent no much less.
Vaccarello has introduced us on a visit to the desert the place fashions strut alongside sand dunes, or have them parkouring in cities corresponding to Paris, New York and Beijing for his Spring 21 menswear assortment—we’re at all times handled with a blockbuster presentation. Opening the present, a mannequin in a silver bodysuit drapes a tweed jacket off the shoulders whereas adorning assertion equipment together with waterfall-shaped earrings, strasse bracelets and chokers with a four-leaf clover motif. The maximalist bijoux calls to thoughts the ‘80s whereas the way in which Vaccarello cuts his silhouettes is taken from the ‘60s the place hemlines had been brief and fur-trimmed.
On talking of the thought course of behind the gathering, Vaccarello mentioned, “Severe issues push you to take different issues much less severely, discovering the steadiness whereas staying on the sting is a classy aptitude.” Nonetheless, one can’t assist however surprise if the gathering is subtly mocking the grandiosity of the landscapes with its skimpy clothes, inviting us to query what’s the true definition of luxurious. “I wish to play with these limits,” mentioned Vaccarello. “It’s very French to stroll that line between the ‘good’ and the ‘unhealthy.’”
Watch the total Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 21 present beneath:
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