The dual identity
The latest ideas solve the double dress dilemma, the desire to change looks between the ceremony and the reception, by incorporating the two moments in a single design. It truly is a dual identity: designers have come up with a dress that is constructed and deconstructed, to which they add and subtract details in a modular game. Not predictable, but rather a 'wow' effect: the important, showy flared sleeves disappear, the train and the full skirt reveal a perfect sheath dress, the tight bodice opens into a daring neckline. Versatility that also lends to later use, projecting the dress for one day into an extended time space.
The Neo-romantic
The dress, needless to say, is inextricably linked to the location that will see it in action. And if increasingly special places are sought out, out of the ordinary, unusual, then even the style has lost its rigidity, rigour and predictable formality giving way to a new romanticism set apart by its lightness, transparencies of variable density and sophisticated spontaneity. A less sexy, less undressed approach composed of exquisite fabrics, Italian or French, and small key details.
Something vintage
Not so much a glimpse into the past in terms of silhouettes and shapes, not so many lines from the history of dresses, but rather that air of a bit lived in, just enough to remove the feeling of too much new. Some embroidery, a bit of a retro bodice, lace belonging to tradition, a handmade detail. Dresses that preserve the art of making, craftsmanship, aesthetic archives for the pleasure of a dress that can tell a story and that is often one of those famous Made in Italy ones.
The extra detail
A belt to emphasise the waist featuring a buckle with figures, a shoulder strap that becomes a suspender or a strip of different fabric that becomes a decoration: these are the details that make a difference, with some incursion of the logo and numbers. New signs, innovative signs that define new proposals, while one great classic cannot be missed: the bow. Now almost architectural, giant and prominent at the end of a sleeve as if it were a headband, now behind to block a neckline, the bow always crosses seasons.