The new collection for women by Tod’s is sartorial and sporty
OCT 29, 2015
Tod’s Creative Director Alessandra Facchinetti’s womenswear has crisp volumes and a look that is modern and feminine. Italian luxury is expressed through a contemporary melange of graphics and threaded leather. The dominant themes revolve around cosmopolitan skiing, sophisticated sporting style, and rebellious biker details in geometric metal that light up the accessories. In the shoes and bags, technology is used to move beyond the heritage echoes of saddlery. The whole mood of sporty luxuriousness also finds expression in a colour palette that is largely monochrome, with shades of camel and flashes of intense red.
A key device used throughout is threading. In leather, or patent leather, stitching migrates from bags to fabrics, and makes its mark on outerwear. Leather is treated like a precious fabric, and Tod’s threading of leather laces becomes a bold stylistic statement, embodying the craftsmanship and pursuit of excellence that characterises Made in Italy. Leather also features as inserts that suggest disassembled geometry, while prints and leatherwork nod to the aesthetic of the Memphis Group design movement. The season’s signature graphic motif: linear flashes of brights, amid irregular, coloured rhombi.
THE READY-TO-WEAR COLLECTION
There are new padded garments in nylon, and new techno-shell knitwear styles. Super lightweight and modern, there is a play here in volumes and the use of puckering. The biker motif recurs throughout – the classic jacket style becoming an overcoat, even a trench. In leather, with inserts, the biker pieces are constructed with anatomical precision and fasten diagonally to create a nonchalant impression.
When it comes to outerwear, the overcoat, pea coat and parka all show how sportiness can be modified by the highly artisanal touch of fine leather finishing. A precious jacquard is made with unusual rhombi. Fur collars appear here and there, suggesting informal luxury.
THE SHOES
Moccasins, Beatle boots and lace-ups have been grafted onto a stylish rubber sole featuring Gommino pebbling. The collection includes a sharp moccasin, characterised by a metal vamp with hand-threaded strips of leather. Lacquered rubber gives saddlery a feminine twist. Details include laser-cut fringes and a metal vamp with slotted leather and lacing, which references the technical elegance of ski fashion. A wooden heel contrasts with the finishes. Optical effects combine with artisanal graphics on the ankle boot. The new Gommino has fringes, threading, enamelled studs, and decorative graphics. It also has a new volume, with a nod to the Beatle boot, while preserving the relaxed insouciance associated with Tod’s.
THE BAGS
For bags, Tod’s has extended the saddlery-meets-sporty aesthetic that runs throughout the rest of the collection. In the new Wave, an everyday highly versatile bag is elevated through the use of coloured ribbing, visible stitching and a leather flap concealing the long zip.
The iconic Cape has the appearance of a saddle wrapping around itself, leather on leather. Slotted patent leather or lasered applications personalise the look.
To complete the collection, this season the saddlery-style Flower is enlivened with paints, graphic effect fringes and leather hand-threaded through slots.
Throughout the entire collection for women, Tod’s explores an interplay between the artisanal world of saddlery that speaks directly of its DNA, and the innovation of contemporary design. The result is both wearable and memorable, combining style and function in a way that is always sophisticated and feminine. And very, very Tod’s.
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