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Etro: A Fashion Tapestry Who would not want to live like Veronica Etro? Not only, as ever, did she prance smiling down the catwalk in a golden glow of models, she also invited the audience, metaphorically speaking, into her family home – a luxurious area rich in tapestries and upholstery, where the furnishings seemed bathed in the russet haze of a setting sun.  Picture credit: Indigital It could, of course, have been indigestibly rich. Fashion and furniture do not often make comfortable bedfellows. But Veronica has learned a lot since her early days of hippie serendipity. However much the Etro patterns swirled and whirled, the designer contained them inside streamlined and tailored clothes.  Picture credit: Indigital Her customer seems to have been raised a notch or two, with fur, for the first time in my memory, playing a defining role, including coats with intarsia patterns.  Picture credit: Indigital Even when cover-ups were left behind, there was a gilded lushness to a long-sleeved silken dress, belted at the waist. A sheen, as on a polished wooden table, was rubbed over all the evening designs.  Picture credit: Indigital There is always a suggestion of Art Nouveau in Etro’s patterns. But Veronica has mastered – not without a struggle – how to take the family heritage and walk forward with grace. (责任编辑：admin) |