Marco de Vncenzo spring-summer 2020 Milan fashion week

https://wfc.tv/ World Fashion Channel Like many other Milanese designers this season, Marco de Vincenzo ditched the traditional catwalk format, staging his Spring show in the open air at Milan’s recently renovated Darsena, the old docks on the Naviglio river, located in one of the most charming and lively parts of the city. The municipality had never before granted permission to hold a fashion show there; the designer was rightfully quite proud. “I’ve been thinking of doing a monochromatic collection for a long time,” said De Vincenzo, known for his eclectic textural work and experimental medley of color and pattern combinations. “What I had in mind was a sort of human rainbow, and here I am, with 47 models, who in sequence will give life to a diluted, stretched rainbow wave.” Each model sported a monochromatic look, going through the entire spectrum from black to pink. This reduced approach forced De Vincenzo to focus on texture, giving a more interesting depth to surfaces without reverting to prints, patterns, or other pyrotechnics. As he is a conceptually risk-taking designer, the challenge was clearly enticing. De Vincenzo indulged his penchant for elaborate textural work; fabrics were waffled, pleated, fringed, or waved, in a plethora of kinetic solutions and tridimensional, expressive juxtapositions. “Look at this classic silk cady, one of the flattest, less exciting fabrics,” he said. “It was plissé-d, twisted, lasered, and embossed, and now it looks like an ice cre