Tod’s has earned its name as one of the top Italian companies that produce first class shoes and leather goods. As if that was not enough, the namesake brand of the group has been broadening its horizons and demonstrating that ready-to-wear is yet another forte in its whole arsenal.
The affinity towards luxury has led Alessandra Facchinetti to perform a daring maneuver for her second collection at the helm of this fashion house. Aiming at classicism while embracing the futuristic features, the designer overpowers the collision between femininity and masculinity. The outerwear was showcased in a variety of styles: a black patent leather pea coat whose furry lining and super high collar make earmuffs feel unwanted, a vibrant violet coat with a peplum working as unconventional fastening system as well as a few tomboyish leather jackets with wide sleeves. Speaking of which, rolled-up-sleeves trend is one of the brand’s suggestions for the next winter regardless of whether it is an off-white windowpane check turtleneck sweater, an oxblood blouse with the shirt collar or a blue-gray suit jacket.
Apart from the aforementioned windowpane check the prints, which decorated many ensembles in this line-up, where different variations of the lozenge pattern were not spared. All of this merged with the color palette that was composed of the sedative pastels as opposed to the sinister hues of red and the restless metallic blue and silver. The fundamental material was again the leather (Surprise, surprise!), and by all odds Facchinetti continues to make delicate pieces thereof – the immortal jacket, the classic coat, the vampish skirt, or, why not, that oxblood shirt with the 3D chest panel, you name it.
March 18, 2014
Shenkar
Strate College
Beckmans College of Design
British Higher School of Art and Design
LOFT 42
Red Dot design award
