ITALY: FLORENTINE DESIGNER CHIARA BONI DISPLAYS NEW SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION IN MILAN.

Record ID: 231109

  • Title: ITALY: FLORENTINE DESIGNER CHIARA BONI DISPLAYS NEW SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION IN MILAN.
  • Date: 6th October 1987
  • Summary: 1. GV EXTERIOR Hall where Milan show was held. 0.03 2. GV ZOOM INTO CU Model on catwalk wearing blue belted top. 0.17 3. GVs Models wearing black suits with frilled skirts and models wearing purple frilled dresses while audience applauds. (7 SHOTS) 0.39 4. SVs & PAN UP Model wearing peach suit with frilled seams. (3 SHOTS) 0.48 5. GV Two models wearing pink satin dresses and model wearing blue satin dress. 1.16 6. SV PULL BACK TO GV Models on catwalk wearing frilled skirts and matching tops. 1.20 7. GV Audience looking on. 1.22 8. GV & DV Models wearing swimming outfits with matching tops. (2 SHOTS) 1.35 9. GV ZOOM INTO SV Models in evening gowns. 1.46 10. SVs Woman displaying merchandise on racks. (3 SHOTS) 2.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st October 1987 13:00
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  • Location: MILAN, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAAKV1IC8QNE7M494RAANCUIWXG
  • Story Text: MILAN, ITALY

    The promotion of next year's spring and summer fashions began on October 2 in Milan. The week of fashion shows began with debut collection from 38-year-old Florentine designer Chiara Boni. Some 1,000 fashion journalists and 2,000 buyers attended the launch. Like designer Giorgio Armani, Boni is backed by the Italian finance group. Gruppo Finanzaio Tessile (GFT), which also produces the top Italian designer Valentino. Boni's collection was characterised by its short hemlines and pale pastel colours, including the palest pink and pistachio green spiced by salmon and coral. Dance dresses were diaphanous, bubbly creations with strapless tops and skirts irridescent gauzy ruffles. Boni's swimmer collection included bikinis and corset-style costumes in darker colours that the rest of the collection. A spokesman for the Milan collections, Beppo Modenese, told reporters after the show that the reason for the country's success in the fashion world was that Italy 'is the first and only country where a combination exists between styling and industry'. The Italian designer's shows are the first stop on a five-week-long fashion circuit that moves later to London, Paris and New York.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - GUIDO WILHELM</strong>
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