Sunnei Fall Winter 2022 – 2023 at Milan Fashion Week
Founders and creative-entrepreneurs Loris & Simone have never gone as far as this season with volumes. Materials have never been so stiff, proportions have never been so bold. Blazers are structured representing SUNNEI’s way into tailoring. Jersey and knitwear are this Fall Winter’s main characters.
A myriad of colorful tight jersey pieces layer on models, adapting to their bodies and celebrating each one’s unique conformation. Experimentations in knitwear give graphic effects. Chenille articulates from the thinnest expression with a wave motif to 3D looks given by the use of thicker fur stitches. Flashy knit pieces coexist with technical iterations consisting of pieces featuring several multidirectional ribs.
The outcome reminds of materials used in shoemaking but it actually comes from a long and slow process conferring extreme stiffness. The print of the season is “Where’s Angelino? which is probably the most recurrent question on SUNNEI’s group chat as the brand’s beloved french bulldog likes to hide inside the 1000 sqm headquarter.
Taking inspiration from reality is one of the SUNNEI-est approaches, accompanied by the dramatic exasperation of a 3D game and using fashion as an opportunity to interact with final clients who will look for Angelino on the pieces they wear. Attention to details has become even more evident with a predominant presence of diagonal zippers on the front of dresses, skirts and trousers. A maxi fold on the upper part of dresses and pants gives life to unfamiliar dimensionalities.
For the first time, the silicone studs of the brand’s iconic 1000CHIODI Shoes are employed for ready-to-wear, gloves and bags. SUNNEI’s recurrent nostalgia for the 1990s and 2000s is materialised in the comeback of pompom balls which adorn the Fall Winter 2022 most ostentatious pieces.
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