“There are certain looks of a woman that a loving man would not exchange with the entire possession of her body.”Il Piacere – Gabriele D’Annunzio
“Il Piacere” by Gabriele D’Annunzio is both the starting point and the arrival point of Vincenzo Palazzo’s vision for the new season of Vìen, the brand evolved up to its current version of an Atelier with a tailoring workshop in Putignano.
The cover of an old edition of D’Annunzio’s masterpiece was used as a graphic render of the invitation and the eternal feminine embodied in Gabriele D’Annunzio’s vision provides Palazzo with an unaltered image of an algid and refined, rational and charismatic, carnal and intellectual femininity at the same time.
The daytime part is built around the jacket and skirt suit, a combo that goes beyond the classic structure, with an oversized jacket with marked shoulders and a flared skirt that covers the knee and goes far below. A formal uniform that excludes any concession to the body and sensuality, which expresses an essential woman in contact with her own power.
On the opposite spectrum there is an extreme version of sensuality, interpreted through dresses with a complex, tailored construction, sculptures of tulle ruffles, second skin dresses that play with the nude look and transform the approach of the wearer with an extreme power of seduction.
It is not only the design and construction contribution of the individual garments that sets the intrinsic quality of the garments in the Vìen Fall Winter 22/23 collection but an obsessive search for the most refined materials, a true passion of Vincenzo Palazzo.
Wool gabardine to build drapes and large ruffles, poplin for crisp shirts covered with small ruffles, layered tulle edged with tone-on-tone or contrasting satin ribbon, Japanese denim for a new sartorial approach to the classic five-pocket, high-waisted, flared and supersexy.
The raw-cut woolen cloth for unlined coats. Black leather builds wrinkled jackets and thin belts to be used in groups of two and three along with small accessories to change the silhouette.
The palette is summarized in a defined and identifying code, with total black, red, bridal white or off-white – with a vintage flavor – denim blue in different shades, lilac blue, the muddy colour of the felt cloth, the gray of a military uniform.
The video that tells the collection is a collective portrait of women shot inside the renovated “Teatro Nuovo” of Putignano, a tradional art center of city life, recently transformed by Architect Luigi Sylos Labini into a geometric volume cutting out a new space in the ancient layout of the Apulian town.
About Vìen
Vìen was born from the multidisciplinary creative project of Vincenzo Palazzo. The new wave of creativity that combines tailoring with streetwear for a wardrobe of postmodern classics. Vìen opens a discussion on the frenetic succession of collections, proposing archetypes with a timeless allure and contemporary attitude. Details of constructions as in the New Atelier. A conscious thought on the sense of the feminine. A schizophrenic idea of male and female. Cover and discover. Mix genres and items. The character of the individual becomes an essential condition of style.
All images courtesy of Vien
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