February 25, 2016 |
Divine decadence darlings. That was Peter Dundas’ loose, louche theme for his second Roberto Cavalli womenswear show, where he fused The lean and sinuous women of the Art Nouveau with Sixties flower-children. Janis Joplin meets the Marchesa Casati, nights in leopard-print velvet (there was some crystal-crusted white satin too). This was Dundas doing what he loves, but with a new hyper-luxe edge keyed to the embellishment and elaborate ornament that so hallmarks the house of Cavalli. And in today’s love of seventies style and the pulled-part glamour of a luxurious wardrobe (full of chiffon, embroidery, fur and here even denim) it had a new relevance. We loved the Ziggy platforms too.
Photographs by Jason Lloyd-Evans
