Style // ALBERTA FERRETTI SS13 to SS14 (DAY 8)

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[SS = Spring Summer, AW = Autumn Winter]

Albertta Ferretti is an Italian designer who designed her first collection in 1973. I first discovered her AW13 designs a month or so ago and was captivated by her use of fluid forms and intricate detailing. Her designs have an elegant understated eroticism, hinting at the naked forms they conceal, nipples and bare skin delicately exposed. For me, she draws superbly on Greco-Roman forms reworking but fundamentally drawing on togas and free-falling cuts. This post is an overview of her last three collections:

• SS 13, that premiered in Milan in Oct 2012
• AW 13, Milan Fashion Week Feb 2013
• SS 14, Milan Fashion Week Sept 2013 (the best was saved til last)

Her SS13 collection is my least favorite, while it has some pieces that are fluid & mermaid-like both in tone, texture and cut the majority for me fails to combine sharp line and free-flowing fabric and look half finished. However I love the highly intricate detailing and embellishments, that come into their own on her full length gowns.

AW 13

Her following collection uses the same draping cuts but with (in my opinion) a much more striking finish, this full length deep velvet dress is STUNNING. Rigid lines have been combined with the free fall to ball-breaking effect. They are powerful elegant pieces, reminiscent of the 20s, oozing sophistication and "Too Hot For You". This is the BEST KIND of power dressing. [You'll see what I mean about the delicate erotic touch, I love the breast contouring in these] [Note all the models are wearing blue military cross earrings, I LOVE THIS DETAIL]

SS14

Finally, her most recent runway that showed only a few weeks ago in Milan.

She is using new fabrics, satins and silks to create stiffer shapes. The colors are SMOOTH and BOLD. I love the crop-top trend and Ferreti's take on it means business. 

This collection has a folk-loric feel featuring pleats and bulbous skirts as well as contrasting big starched collars (I love this, so hard). 

Her knee length looks are sharp and cosmopolitan.

As for her full length ensembles they embody summer, looking at them you feel the grass under your feet, they have a simplicity that is unanimously associated with the countryside on a balmy day. The detailing on these pieces include generous sprinklings of flowers, bows and ribbon flat sole shoes #GRECOROMAN. 

Unlike her other collections which have been displayed in color sequence (white first, black then blue, for instance in SS13), this collection sees white as a base tone for the bulk of her designs, it creates an airy unity on the catwalk, allowing block color pieces to be elevated, the full length chiffon pink and green dresses are personal favorites. 

They exude the simplicity, confidence and raw beauty of greco-roman deities, an iconic understated boldness. This collection burst with life and makes me long for the rays of summer mornings and the sweet breeze of summer nights. 

Really delicate, really beautiful.

If you are curious about Albertta Ferreti, check out the rest of these collections on her website: SS13, AW13 & SS14.

And if you a) got to the end of the post and b) enjoyed it then you should read this about D&Gs AW13 :) and also you get a gold star, this was a long-un' :)

Thanks for reading :)

Now! Any one else a Ferretti fan? Does any one know of dupes for her pieces? :)

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