Gianfranco Ferré

MILAN, February 26, 2010
By Nicole Phelps
Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi got the Fall memo about simplifying and streamlining. With the Bauhaus movement and samurai costumes for inspiration, their latest collection had a more understated sensibility than their previous efforts, a welcome development.

In the past this duo has tended to favor heavy embroideries and overly complicated constructions, but today's embellishments were mostly of a subtler variety: A precisely cut gray tweed suit came with a leather panel down the front of both the jacket and the skirt, while a gorgeous camel alpaca coat had sharp, contrasting lapels.

Of course, this wouldn't be the house of Ferré without flourishes. The designers called their new look "decorated minimalism," and it was a fitting description for a sleek long-sleeved, zip-front dress with woven leather insets or a caramel chiffon strapless number with delicate geometric pintucking. Come evening, a nude jersey gown with a shiny harness was less well judged. But some of the long dresses, which were spliced with curving panels of sequins or a glinting flash of gold patent leather, demonstrated the designers' new, lighter touch.

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