ITALY: INES VALENTINITSCH BETS ON THE OSCAR NOMINATION APPEAL OF CHICAGO FOR FOR FASHION COLLECTION & SIMON KNEEN PARADES LUSCIOUS TOFFEE FURS IN MILAN

Record ID: 860451

  • Title: ITALY: INES VALENTINITSCH BETS ON THE OSCAR NOMINATION APPEAL OF CHICAGO FOR FOR FASHION COLLECTION & SIMON KNEEN PARADES LUSCIOUS TOFFEE FURS IN MILAN
  • Date: 26th February 2003
  • Summary: HIGHLIGHTS OF SIMON KNEEN SHOW DESIGNER SIMON KNEEN ON CATWALK
  • Embargoed: 13th March 2003 12:00
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  • Location: MILAN, ITALY
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  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Arts
  • Reuters ID: LVA4BEG9FFNDHO796UE9Y8FXGCAK
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  • Story Text: Ines Valentinitsch bet on the Oscar-nomination appeal of Chicago for next winter, drawing inspiration from elegant flapper dresses and giving them a modern twirl. There was also a Chicago feeling at Maskas winter show as British designer Simon Kneen paraded a mixture of luscious toffee furs and knee-length swing skirts.
    Showing her autumn/winter 2003/4 collection at Milan fashion week on Wednesday (February 26), Ines Valentinitsch paraded waistcoats cut long to mid-thigh to be worn as a dress while suit jackets inspired by the slick men of the 1920s were sexied up for women, with different-length front panels.
    Valentinitsch is known for her quirky flora and fauna prints and next winter is no exception with the checks of a suit made up of white windows with black silhouetted dancers.
    Maska will provide plenty of work-a-day clothes for next winter, with neat-cut grey jackets made a little more interesting with black ribboning down the seams, pleated silk skirts swinging sexily at the knee, all paired with a glittery shirt buttoned dangerously low.
    Unlike so many designers, British designer Simon Kneen accepted that winters can be cold and paraded a variety of toffee and coffee coloured coats, cut tight in thick wool or loose and cape-like in fur.
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