While we kept our eyes on the stripes at Perry
Ellis, we couldn't help but notice the bands at Emilio Cavallini.
The thinly veiled connection between Cavallini's core hosiery range
and his spring 2003 collection must have been evident to all but
the most unfashionable. What we had here were bands wrapped around
models, conveying the tightness of the collectionbut also
the technology that goes into Cavallini's original hosiery line-up.
Like Perry Ellis, there was a hint of going to
the past for ideas but no suggestion of being out of step with the
market-place for the season. Stripes played a huge role design-wise
but horizontally, Unlike Perry Ellis, however, this was not a loose-fitting
collection. Instead, it was a logical extension of hosiery and bodywear
principles.
On the premise that 'Our Gym'll fix it,' as Lucire's
publisher says, Cavallini has designed a collection for the active
gym-goer. By the looks of it, she's in to her extreme sports and
body-combat classes, with bodysuits, catsuits and separates.
CONTINUED


|
|