Ferragamo Fall-Winter 2024-2025

Nov 20, 2009
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Who is with me to tell Salvatore Ferragamo to fire Maximilian Davis and re-hire Paul Andrews or any other Italian designer? This was the most depressing, untalented line I have ever seen! Except for the Hug bag and a couple of clutches and one dress, this whole collection is a fiasco. I feel it's reminiscent of a post-war. Yikes!!!
 
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I think the show was a bit like an animated look-book, the styling pretty amateur, the overall vision for the show was not strong enough, but deconstructed there were some nice pieces on the catwalk, so it wasn't the design team's fault.

I don't think it was post-war (a term usually given to Post-WWII). I think there were deliberate refs to post-WWI, but globally so chiffon flapper dresses and fringes under boiled wool oversized (borrowed?) coats. Also, nods to Soviet-style, socialist realism/utility /uniform-y type things going on. Although the Soviets would not have been using the finest lamb's leather or silk. I enjoyed most of the colours too and the different varying degrees between light-eating matte-matte and wet-look, high-gloss-high-shine.

I can't comment with authority on the evolution of catwalk bags, except there were just too many, tt seemed like every model was carrying one. Since they were uniformly the same hue/tone/tint of the outfits worn, they ruined every respective silhouette and compromised the value of the accessory's inclusion.
 
I think the show was a bit like an animated look-book, the styling pretty amateur, the overall vision for the show was not strong enough, but deconstructed there were some nice pieces on the catwalk, so it wasn't the design team's fault.

I don't think it was post-war (a term usually given to Post-WWII). I think there were deliberate refs to post-WWI, but globally so chiffon flapper dresses and fringes under boiled wool oversized (borrowed?) coats. Also, nods to Soviet-style, socialist realism/utility /uniform-y type things going on. Although the Soviets would not have been using the finest lamb's leather or silk. I enjoyed most of the colours too and the different varying degrees between light-eating matte-matte and wet-look, high-gloss-high-shine.

I can't comment with authority on the evolution of catwalk bags, except there were just too many, tt seemed like every model was carrying one. Since they were uniformly the same hue/tone/tint of the outfits worn, they ruined every respective silhouette and compromised the value of the accessory's inclusion.
Love this analysis! (Especially the bag observations.)

"They can't all be gems." Ferragamo seems to still be in a relatively early phase of way-finding in the pool of larger players.
 
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The footwear collection has been utterly disappointing. I have been religiously buying multiple pairs every season for the past 9 years and this is the first time I haven't found anything I like, except for the silver slingback/heels with bow that I need to find in other colors. Th shoes are either too edgy or too matronly, and while I love Varas and Varinas I'm tired of buying those.
The last SF pair I bought were the Torris boots which I adore, and that was many months ago. Since, then, nothing.

The silk scarves are not as pretty as they use to be. The jewelry line is great but I don't buy costume jewelry. The only thing I like is the Hug Bag.