By Edwardo Flores for Global Fashion News
The world of Giorgio Armani is a multifaceted one for fall winter 2013. Using rich, luscious fabrics like velvet, fur, metallic leathers and boyish pinstripes on wool, Armani sent out a bevy of slim modern silhouettes with broad shoulders and tapered trousers rendered with superb craftsmanship.
Giorgio Armani reinterpreted Sonia Delaunay’s geometric prints into modern day prints that landed on chunky knits or flannels and block-printed jackets. A three-dimensional, multicolored geometric block print jacket worn over a black calvary style shirt and jet black trousers characterized the richness of the fabrications used throughout the collection.
Dandy daytime looks were punched up with brocade vests and rich velvet trousers worn with a polo shirt under a double-breasted jacket or by mixing a gray cavalry jacket with luxe drawstring pants under a charcoal gray shearling coat. A gray flannel jacket over a brocade vest was paired with slim fitting bordeaux velvet trousers for look that can carry from day into evening.
The essential three-piece suit that is trending everwhere now appeared later in the show in varying shades of gray, complete with luxe furs, and embossed velvet details on the lapels or in the piping of a suit jacket.
Giorgio Armani’s ability to merge Art Deco and modernity into cool incarnations proved to be a winning inspiration for fall.
