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February 28, 2025
A volcanic purple ceiling and a volcanic assortment of garments, photographs and concepts courtesy of Fausto Puglisi in his newest Pompeii-inspired assortment for the home of Roberto Cavalli.
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Staged on a mock lava runway in a south Milan show-space Thursday night, and worn by a forged that clearly liked the high-octane stylish Puglisi dreamed up. The place the important thing to the gathering have been the sensational prints, completely in synch with this nice model’s DNA. Particularly the composite mix of photographs of interiors of the decimated Roman metropolis seen in flamenco attire, or the graphic black and white Magna Grecia mosaics and symbols utilized in pants fits and bomber jackets. Fausto’s equipment additionally recalling Roman jewellery with snake deal with luggage.
“I actually photographed those shots of lava on Mountain Etna myself, when I last visited,” chuckled Puglisi, who then included the photographs of molten lava flowing down the Sicilian volcanic on va-va-voom robes, tremendous horny cocktails and billowing tops. An enthralling wee sleight of hand, because the volcano above Pompeii is Vesuvius, which utterly buried the city in AD 79 in an eruption of pumice and lava.
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Very a lot a night-time assortment, together with slip attire in silk and velvet moiré negligees completed lava designs. In one other sensible ploy, Fausto used the mashed-up architectural prints in negligee appears to be like, dissected by obi belts.
Although Puglisi didn’t neglect to incorporate a few of founder Roberto’s signature massive cat prints and rock goddess shearling coats printed to seem like cheetah. A daring dynamic assertion, in a daring dramatic present, the place the music started with solemn digital cathedral sounds, and ended with Jaydee’s anthem “Plastic Dreams”. As soon as a gentleman’s Grand Tour meant a 12 months touring Nineteenth-century Italy. As we speak, with Fausto, it means absorbing the wonder and splendor of Pompeii and recrafting it for the longer term.
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Consequently, Vesuvius’ lava was reimagined on velvet devoré attire, dishevelled denim pants and in a trench, trimmed with fake fur in a signature leopard motif. Lava stones used as buttons on outerwear and jackets. Whereas Pompeii’s frescoes grew into prints on fits, comfortable shirts and pants. All this, surprisingly, sifted by way of a design blender that included components of Adrian, and the Nineteen Twenties Hollywood design god’s broad silhouettes. So, bear in mind, they’re speaking of limiting the numbers of vacationers day by day into Pompeii. However there are little limits to this assortment’s success, Fausto’s finest for Cavalli.
