The Fendi Spring/Summer 2016 Milan Fashion Week show was a seeming continuation of this Milanese librarian look? I don’t know if in Milan librarian meets bishop sleeves and collars evokes the 70’s, but the collection had this strange dichotomous tone of old and new running through it, which made sense when we saw the two designers walk out at the end (unfortunately, I assume Karl is the youthful side of the duo’s fashion sense). Many of the looks, such as the fur detail coat, were over designed, in that instance it was a lot of look with the collar, the sleeves, the zig-zag fur detail… Some of the garments were more costume than fashion, fitting in Game of Thrones one moment, and Chronicles of Riddick the next.
Rompers had the youth sucked out of them by bishop sleeves and collars and bloomers. Just as a look became elevated, elastic was used on the sleeves and horrid capris. The harness paired with the short black dress created a hideous silhouette, it looked like her bust and torso were concave. Runway or not, I’m of the opinion, call me old fashioned, that fashion is to be wearable and salable– yes it can be a avant-garde in couture and high-fashion, but it should never make a woman’s body grotesque!
The looks that the collection should’ve been edited down to were a combination of old meets young- leather being the element that reinvigorated many of them: the mandarin collar leather jacket, leather pocket detail of the black cut-out dress, and black mini dress for example. The cut-out detail on the coats was unique, but the harnesses were either cool or just atrocious costume pieces. Overall I will again say that it seems these designers went head to head, and the result is the clashing dichotomous look that ensued.
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Perry Uwanawich is an American fashion designer and illustrator- AuricWear.com; fashion, beauty, and lifestyle blogger at Subversive.Style; and Spirituality Lifestyle Blogger at TheGypsyMystic.com. Perry has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from The Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, two certifications in Fashion Design and Industrial Sewing, and has a background in graphic design, marketing, journalism, and fashion design.
Perry Uwanawich launched two fashion collections, the first called Deity Greek Wear, while enrolled full-time in college, and the second in 2020 called Auric Wear available at AuricWear.com and on Etsy. While pursuing a Certification in Fashion Design, Marketing, Public Relations, and Photography, he became the Parsons Teen Vogue Ambassador and created multimedia content which was included in the course. He completed another Certification in Industrial Sewing and was placed as an Industrial Sewing Machine Operator in a Rhode Island mill, working in production sewing for Military, Bags, and Medical Health industries.
Perry Uwanawich has worked in retail, acted as a graphic designer for multiple brands creating graphic prints for screenprinted garments. His marketing experience spans several industries from Fashion to Media, Medical Billing to the Medical Field- he's created graphics, logos, digital and print media assets, designed and managed websites (HTML, XHTML, CSS, WordPress…), managed social media accounts, and created marketing campaigns and ad campaigns which drove significant traffic in the local and national markets for respective industries. He has experience with photo and video editing, re-touching, motion graphics, and also worked as a freelance makeup artist working in Beauty as well as SFX makeup.
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