Brunello Cucinelli’s fondness for books is such that he has built a sprawling library, called La Biblioteca Universale, in his native Solomeo. For this day’s presentation he indulged his proclivity for literature, replicating the retro atmosphere of a Caffè Letterario framing the autumn series. “It’s about communality, welcoming visitors in a attach of living the attach solutions would possibly perchance perhaps perhaps goal also be shared,” said Carolina Cucinelli, the tag’s copresident and co–creative director. For the occasion, in lieu of philosophize notes, a published gazette changed into once equipped in the structure of a newspaper (an endangered species); named The Solomeo Put up, its front web allege boasted a quote from Edna St.Vincent Millay: “Beauty by no methodology slumbers.”
Maintain an excellent e book that keeps you captivated, Cucinelli’s soft-hued world is such as an enveloping cocoon, affable and costly. Luxury is an opinion that Cucinelli handles with aplomb: “I imagine in soft luxury,” he pondered. “It’s creativity with out excess, it’s ultimate geniality, it’s about presenting your self neatly while being respectful of others. In a roundabout contrivance it’s about discovering elegance in simplicity.”
The series made the case for simplicity—as much as a diploma. Masculine-inspired soft tailoring—lean cashmere city coats; fluid, liquid pantsuits; slim blazers in double cashmere—changed into once given a counterintuitive shining sheen, with surfaces laminated by threads of Lurex and embroidered sequins. Cucinelli described this clutch on the sartorial as “spontaneous formality,” with trim shapes sustained by bonded textures yet kept supple and uncontrived. As an impactful counterpoint, a plethora of imaginative handcrafted knits featured a diversity of advise textures; some items took spherical 60 hours each to be crafted. Argyle and Handsome Isle motifs had been reinterpreted thru artisanal 3D tactics; fluffy textures had been embellished with sequins, interspersed with feathers, or woven to bear a delicate-as-lace webby carry out. Cushy and extravagant, paired with svelte shorts or fluid excessive-waist trousers or else outmoded over elongated masculine poplin shirtdresses, they looked graceful spectacular. Carolina Cucinelli called them “emotional items.”
