(By Patrizia Vacalebri).
Summer fashion is bursting with a
range of flower motifs, featured in prints or embroidery on
everything from bathing suits to dresses and purses.
Bags both large and small from Fendi, Miu Miu, and Prada are
brightening up dull and gray office spaces with their
multi-colored hues.
Floral accessories are also a hit this summer, with roses and
daisies adorning earrings, bracelets, and rings.
The big floral trend quite possibly has its origins in Gucci
by Alessandro Michele, where the designer incorporated blooms in
a unisex collection that harkens back to 1970s bourgeoisie
style.
The collection combines touches of Victorian influence with a
punk edge, such as a men's brown suit with bell-bottom pants and
side stripes, a logo-print track suit with a long floral cape,
and embroidered floral leggings.
Luisa Spagnoli has also embraced the floral trend with light
and romantic 50s-inspired dresses for the summer ceremony
season, painted with bouquets in delicate and muted tones.
For the vacationing woman, Michael Kors has imagined tropical
islands with his resort collection, where a mix of floral
fabrics and prints large and small are crafted into sarong
pants, flowing wraps, oversize pyjamas and soft dresses.
The collection also has a range of romantic evening dresses
to pair with metallic silver and gold accessories.
Valentino Resort follows a romantic path as well, with
designs taken from the stylist's 1970s archives.
Dolce & Gabbana, however, have already made a splash in the
floral trend, as US First Lady Melania Trump wore the stylists'
3D embroidered floral jacket with a whopping 51,000-dollar price
tag during her visit to Taormina.
In the dresses designed by stylist Fabio Rigoni for
Ferragamo, a hand-crafted floral print on a technical cotton
results in a three-dimensional effect.
Meanwhile, Moschino rounds up the summer trend with Jeremy
Scott using paper dolls as inspiration for a pastel-colored cape
with a painted floral print that at second glance reveals itself
to be a printed dress.
Blooms are set to continue through winter as well, with
Dsquared2 already showing long tulle and floral-printed dresses
adorned with flounces and lace.
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