‘Shine’ was the name of Giorgio Armani’s Privé Couture autumn 2021 show, and shine indeed it did at last night’s show at the Italian Embassy in Paris.
Returning to a physical format once again having skipped one season and showed online the next, the 87-year-old maestro delivered a luminous collection effervescing with the joy of being reunited in person once again.
Hollywood stars Diane Kruger and Ashley Park sat front row to witness a series of delicate silk blouses with crinoline ruffles and long skirts in iridescent fabrics with a liquid sheen paired with cropped black velvet jackets.
Models appeared like giant blooms, floating against the embassy’s embroidered backdrop in expertly layered shimmering silk organza gowns that moved with a hologram-like fluidity. These were dresses that, while magnets for a red-carpet lens, look all the more bewitching as they swish and shimmer up close.
Make-an-entrance party pieces came by way of a pale pink diamante-encrusted, feathered silk organza cape and a lilac feathered bolero with twinkling crystal edges, while classic greige Armani tailoring was interwoven with ultra-fine metallic thread for an eveningwear spin.
Via watery florals and a palette of zingy pastels, Armani gave his couture clients a collection with palpable (and much needed) levity. Sheer brilliance.
