Give a dressmaker 10 patterns and she or he is more likely to cancel just a few. Marco De Vincenzo is extra more likely to try to make all of them work collectively.
Now greater than a yr into his function as artistic director of Etro, he’s absolutely embraced the model’s unique prints — and its wanderlust, spending his summer season trip visiting locations he’s by no means been all through Africa and Asia.
This was mirrored within the soundtrack — a mixture of Arabic strings, African percussion, choirs and electrical guitar — and a set that had tinges of Texas cowboy, Seattle grunge and Grecian goddess, but wholly dedicated to “Nowhere,” the offbeat title for the present.
Not being certain to a specific theme or place appeared to embolden De Vincenzo to carve printed shirting cotton into lengthy, fishtail shirtdresses; fancy Etro terrycloth into regal night coats, and flocked velvets into Millennial-friendly crop tops.
There have been some iridescent and metallic components that winked to his namesake assortment, and his knack with luxurious purses — right here good-looking satchels with whipstitched edges and gleaming gold {hardware} — mirror years engaged on equipment as a marketing consultant for Fendi.
The fishtail silhouette was the largest takeaway from this formidable present, which included runway moments for Maggie Rizer, Tasha Tilberg and Guinevere Van Seenus, who made a loop round hulking columns down the middle of the runway.
De Vincenzo additionally experimented with cropped denims jackets, racerback robes, big rave pants and supersized varsity jackets, which might be praised as eclectic, or derided as far and wide.
However in his view, “if you’re an Etro girl, which means that you’re by no means scared of colours and creativeness.”
