The F-Breath: Sporty Yves Klein Stella McCartney Fall Winter 2012 2013

Blue. Damask. Construction. Sport. Those are the elements for the perfect recipe, or even better for the perfect collection. But let's start from the beginning.

The Blue. Someone calls it Oxford Blue, but I'm not that sure about it.

What comes to mind if I mention "La Venus d'Alexandrie"? or "Victory of Samothrace"?

Yves Klein.
Yes, this season Stella McCartney has decided to create something that goes against our expectations ... during the whole fashion week we saw lots of autumn colors: pink, yellow, brown, red, burgundy, blacks... What, if not the blue, to break this conformity? and even better its Master par excellence?

The type of blue taken into account, however, is not the typical quiet color, but it's strong, deep, shocking one. Related to this item, I would call, "root", there are few more key elements to emphasize.

First of all the damask. Shirts, strictly round neck, with small gathers, mandarin

or short collars, were the experiment, I'd say highly successful, of damask prints, devorè, embroideries, and jacquards. As always, the designer's imprint is characterized by knitwear, skills common among British designers, here with the use of alpaca, cashmere and mohair is strongly emphasized.

Now we turn to the third element: Construction. Natalia Vodianova at the opening shows a beautiful double breasted zipped coat, if we look at the diagonal zip, we would immediately notice the structure of the front of the outfit, which will include a hexagonal opening, that in a nutshell is what gives life to the whole look. Note also the slight descent down the sleeves, which gives that extra sporty touch, same case for the 3/4 sleeve jacket with pink large paw pants (hit of contrasting color).

Finally, as you all well know, this year there will be the Olympics in London, and Stella McCartney has been named designer of the official uniforms.

Then? Is not clear yet? The last, higly constructed and low-waisted dresses, remind immediately of the athletic suits, therefore, a symbol of sportsmanship and complete innovation of a piece common to us all.

This was the fourth and the last key.

We can therefore say that the message, that Stella wants to communicate this season, is very contemporary, based on extreme building, and sportsmanship, but it doesn't mean inconvenience, indeed, quite the contrary, "comfort" is always the watchword.