English Version | Fashion Trends: The Good Luck Issue

COBALT BLUE, THE NEW BLACK

These days, there are trends, macro-trends, micro-trends, and then there is "the" trend - the one that sets the direction of a season, that decides the tone or mood of a season. This spring/summer, that role is occupied by one color: cobalt blue. Transversal to almost all the fashion shows, from New York to Milan, cobalt blue is a chromatic elevation, in terms of refinement and elegance, of the most "garish" shades we have worn in recent years. Have we found a new black?

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE 

It has never been out, but it has also never been totally in, because it has always been irreverent and controversial. It is one of the oldest patterns in memory, recurring in the collections of designers like Roberto Cavalli. Animal print is one of the most consensual trends this spring/summer, with interpretations as varied as those of Anthony Vaccarello, who created ultra-elegant silhouettes for Saint Laurent, or more irreverent proposals, like those of 16Arlington. A wild choice, in fact, a bold one. But one that is worth the risk. 

GARDEN STATE

"Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking." Miranda Priestly's scathing comment in The Devil Wears Prada serves to announce that, once again, flowers are back. Again? That's right. Some trends don't go anywhere, they just reinvent themselves. So, in terms of fashion, the arrival of spring means two things: the return of allergies, and an invasion of prints with roses, hydrangeas, and everything that can stimulate our taste for gardening.

LET IT SHINE

The saying used to be (which saying, we don't know, but that's irrelevant to the case) that "any and every task is done with more joy if the garment worn to accomplish it is made of shiny materials." It's not science, it's logic. Only someone devoid of emotions is capable of being immune to the way light impacts on a metallic garment. After years of praying that lurex and sequins would be allowed out before ten o'clock at night, our wishes have been granted.

GOLDEN TICKET 

Long gone are the days when gold was a color meant for "special occasions", more or less the kind that happened every seven years. Designers have finally lost their shame, and for this spring/summer they have grabbed it as a closet staple, to be worn like a second skin - the original trend, in English, is called "liquid gold", and says wear anything you want, from lame to satin, from sequins to bangs. From morning to night, of course, because gold is said to bring good luck. You never know...

Translated from the original on The Good Luck Issue, published March 2023.Full stories and credits on the print issue.