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Show Report: Missoni S/S 16 Womenswear

by Lucy Norris on 29 September 2015

Lucy Norris reports on the Missoni S/S 16 womenswear show.

Lucy Norris reports on the Missoni S/S 16 womenswear show.

Africa was the theme for the Missoni Spring/Summer 2016 collection. Inspiration look books at the show were full of collaged compilations of images, including Masai graphics and the murals of Venezuelan artist, Carlos Cruz-Diez. This isn't the first time that the house has been influenced by Africa. Their infamously titled Missoni/Africa collection of S/S 91 goes down in fashion history. In 2011, Margherita Missoni also launched a line in aid of Orphan Aid Africa.

Highlights of the collection for S/S 16 included a strong section of knee length dresses that would be perfect teamed with Converse – as done so on the runway – or heels, boots or sandals. They were pretty much forever dresses; the strappy versions could have tees or shorts layered under them. They were eclectic basics.

Overall, the collection catered for lots of different body shapes, ages and sizes – tunics at one end of the scale and hotpants at the other. However, the collection was also split in various different creative directions, and could have done with a bit of an edit.

It was interesting to see Missoni communicate their patterns via print rather than knits. It was doubly interesting to note that this week has seen Emilio Pucci do the opposite – translating its legendary print heritage into embroidery and embellishments. Not wanting to be boxed in as a knitwear company, Missoni is working to transcend the medium.

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