Giorgio Armani Privé wears a hollyhock flower veil at the 2016 Spring/Summer Couture collection

Feb 12, 2016

Giorgio Armani's Giorgio Armani Prive held a show at the Palais de Tokyo. The theme color for the collection was mauve, a pinkish purple, and the collection featured airy, structured pieces.

This season, while remaining consistent in mauve, Armani occasionally mixed in black, apparently to allow customers to more easily imagine combining the pieces with black pants or long skirts they already own. While there were futuristic elements, many of the pieces featured very simple, clean silhouettes, making them interestingly easy to coordinate with one another.

Sporty pieces also caught the eye, including a baseball jacket embroidered on pleated jacquard and a crocodile-print biker jacket embroidered with baguette beads.

And this season in particular, the collection is characterised by a sprinkling of organic elements reminiscent of nature, with wave-like motifs and curved pleats placed throughout, and the use of lightweight materials such as organza, giving each look a flowing, breezy movement. Even long dresses such as ball gowns have a soft, airy impression. It is a worldview backed by the high level of skill and aesthetic sense that only Armani can achieve.
Tomoaki Shimizu
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