Romantic, feminine, with flowing embellished and embroidered dresses and coats seemingly inspired by Asian trends and mixed with story book illustrations, the Fendi Couture FW16 Fall/Winter 2016 collection was ornate and delicate, and rather graphic as well. While I didn’t like the blue cape I loved the art nouveau illustrations on it.
**Warning- Graphic description: I am so against fur and don’t blog on it, but the graphic manipulation of it is notable…do not wear real fur- they skin the animals alive and leave them living in a bloody pile, screaming. I am not a fan of the fur coats and dresses- they were weird, bulky, not a cute silhouette. The taupe laser cut velvet and embellished lace dress was made heavy and overworked by the floral fur floral embellishment at the bottom.
Fendi has really been using fur and skins excessively, and I am truly appalled. Full fur shows and collections, phone cases, bags, hats, you name it.
The show got a little granny-esque after the furs…with tan and dusty rose floral prints and unflattering cuts. What in the hell was the black layer dress with fur embellishment? It seems less is more, and there were quite a few looks that were overworked and over designed: The jacket over a sheer floral embroidered skirt and pearlescent sequin and bug embellished shirt (they look similar to the bugs from the Chanel Couture collection, but more graphic) seemed so chic in comparison.
The graphic illustrations and artful embellishments were amazing…even if the cuts of the dresses weren’t. There was something reminiscent of Gaultier‘s graphic style mesh dresses with embellishments, only here seeming less consistent and not executed to the same level as JPG’s Soleil, or even Save the Queen, although it would have been had it been edited down.
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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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