With the “Amongst Excessive Lands” assortment, Antonio Marras explored borders as strains dividing solely on geopolitical maps; a journey from the peaks of the Gennargentu Massif, in Sardinia, to the Balkan Mountains between Serbia and Bulgaria. The lexicon of Pre-Fall 2025 was born from an outdated embroidered cap that his spouse Patrizia’s grandfather, getting back from Jap Europe after World Conflict II, had hung of their nation home. The gathering depicted a journey undertaken by an imaginary lady named Antona, whereas weaving by means of the ribbons of his household recollections.
“With this journey, I return to utilizing two phrases I used to be usually labeled with earlier than they have been abolished from the style vocabulary: folks and ethnic” defined Marras. With a novel potential to weave aesthetic dialogues, mastered solely by those that can deal with custom in modern methods, the designer created an area that fused the conversant in the unfamiliar. The gathering is a mix of recollections transposed into modernity. The prints and floral motifs, recurring parts on knitwear in addition to on lighter materials, are impressed by the reconstruction of outdated foulard designs or the embroidery discovered on an outdated hat. Elsewhere, a mixture of tassels and jacquards, masculine materials and lingerie, and denim and striped cotton added an otherworldly component to the gathering that was nonetheless grounded in actuality.
Calf hair and shearling, jersey as a second pores and skin and upcycled cloth patchworks, lace, sequins, aged-effect leather-based, tulle, and wool: the materials mirrored a fusion of cultures that have been distant kindred spirits. The identical utilized to the colour palette, the place heat and deep tones like browns and pinks have been interrupted by vivid flashes of apple inexperienced, turquoise, or acid yellow. Rounding out the gathering have been maxi bijoux made from recycled plastic, sneakers, and wood platform clogs that acted as a kind of Madeleine de Proust; because the designer’s father bought an analogous mannequin in his clothes retailer. As soon as once more, Antonio Marras makes folks think about being wherever whereas totally inhabiting the current.