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敬请期待中文版  Picture credit: Indigital THE EMOTION STARTED before the show, as gospel singerslined up at one end of the ancient Milanese building,their soulful voices reproducing the original 1990s version ofCoolio's "Gangsta's Paradise". That alone - plus the cultural mix of Stella Jean's background,so rare in Italian fashion - would have been enough to excite theaudience. But the designer has finally reached the point where shecan use her background and knowledge to create a mash-up that looksmodern.  Picture credit: Indigital Let's start with the shoes. Only a few seasons ago hermodels were tottering on inappropriate footwear. Now, flats - oftenwith an African feel - predominated on the catwalk. They weresometimes shown inside sheer plastic, which I assumed tobe an African tradition, not a clairvoyant vision of Milan'ssoaking rain.  Picture credit: Indigital Stella Jean was brought up withEuropean visual clichés, so her skill was to takebold African patterns and work their rhythm into Western looks.Bold coats, well-cut jackets, and skirts were from a coloniallady's fashion closet. But these tailored garments looked asspiffy with fragments of African patterns as did the knits.  Picture credit: Indigital The designer's complex show notes, mentioning a successfulcollaboration with London-based jeweller Elisabetta Cipriani,focused mainly on the diversity that came together in her fashionmind. It was an idea about the old colonial and sub-Saharancontinent merging - including Africa's influence on artistsfrom Modigliani to Picasso.  Picture credit: Indigital Stella Jean's success story is in melding the tribal andwearable. And her choir added an extra layer of emotion. (责任编辑：admin) |