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\n\tLouise Trotter dedicated her first Bottega Veneta collection to its signature Intrecciato leather weave, whereas the British designer\u2019s sophomore effort was all about hairy styles.<\/p>\n
\n\tOn Saturday night, Trotter sent 80 models hurtling across a lipstick red carpet at breakneck speed, making silken threads, recycled fiberglass, fil coup\u00e9, fuzzy knits and hand-tinted shearling bounce, flick and flutter. For aficionados of fabric innovation, this would be their Super Bowl.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI work with the most incredible artisans, and the pursuit of craft is central to everything that we do,\u201d she told a clutch of reporters after the show.<\/p>\n
\n\tIndeed, the variety of textures in the show was staggering. One enveloping coat had a bristled surface that resembled thousands of blown-out matchsticks, while a leather trench evoked licorice with its tightly ridged surface. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe entire spectrum of hairiness was on show, from neatly shorn and combed to a high gloss to Chewbacca wild.<\/p>\n
\n\tTrotter also dedicated a good portion of the show to her sculptural and voluptuous tailoring, the jackets elongated, and with prominent, rounded shoulders and full sleeves. Many were engineered to flare open, revealing short, gored skirts or full, mannish trousers.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile her Kering stablemate Demna has abandoned his claim to oversized silhouettes, delivering shrunken, clinging shapes at Gucci, Trotter continues to pump up the volume at Bottega, sometimes to the point of bulkiness.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe bristled when a reporter suggested her clothes smothered, or even swaddled the models.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe spent a lot of time and care to have structure and form and curve without the heaviness,\u201d she retorted, insisting many of the clothes were light as a feather. \u201cI was very attentive to that this season.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tStill new to Milan, Trotter described it as a \u201cvery brutalist city, but with a sensuality that\u2019s a little hidden.\u201d To be sure, she\u2019s noticed that locals take pride in what they wear, dressing to please others as much as for themselves.<\/p>\n
\n\tThat the show was held in a palazzo a wig\u2019s throw from La Scala was intentional. \u201cIt\u2019s fun to dress up,\u201d she said, name-checking Maria Callas and Pier Paolo Pasolini as feminine and masculine guiding lights.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe menswear was much improved, hinged on relaxed, but still slender tailoring, plush pea coats, vaguely military sweaters with leather shoulder patches, and a gently padded leather officer\u2019s coat that looked like a million bucks.<\/p>\n
\n\tNo doubt this level of workmanship doesn\u2019t come cheap: Trotter noted that one curly swing coat was composed of more than 2,000 shearling elements.<\/p>\n
\n\tBut one of her styling tricks \u2013 also seen at Jil Sander, Ferragamo and Toga in London \u2013 doesn\u2019t cost a penny, or involve any hairy surface: Just pop one collar of your white shirt outside your tailored jacket, sweater or coat to look very fall 2026. You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n
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Louise Trotter dedicated her first Bottega Veneta collection to its signature Intrecciato leather weave, whereas the British designer\u2019s sophomore effort was all about hairy styles. On Saturday night, Trotter sent 80 models hurtling across a lipstick red carpet at breakneck speed, making silken threads, recycled fiberglass, fil coup\u00e9, fuzzy knits and hand-tinted shearling bounce, flick and flutter. For aficionados of fabric innovation, this would be their Super Bowl. \u201cI work with the most incredible artisans, and the pursuit of craft is central to everything that we do,\u201d she told a clutch of reporters after the show. Indeed, the variety of textures in the show was staggering. One enveloping coat had a bristled surface that resembled thousands of blown-out matchsticks, while a leather trench evoked licorice with its tightly ridged surface. The entire spectrum of hairiness was on show, from neatly shorn and combed to a high gloss to Chewbacca wild. Trotter also dedicated a good portion of the show to her sculptural and voluptuous tailoring, the jackets elongated, and with prominent, rounded shoulders and full sleeves. Many were engineered to flare open, revealing short, gored skirts or full, mannish trousers. While her Kering stablemate Demna has abandoned his claim to oversized silhouettes, delivering shrunken, clinging shapes at Gucci, Trotter continues to pump up the volume at Bottega, sometimes to the point of bulkiness. She bristled when a reporter suggested her clothes smothered, or even swaddled the models. \u201cWe spent a lot of time and care to have structure and form and curve without the heaviness,\u201d she retorted, insisting many of the clothes were light as a feather. \u201cI was very attentive to that this season.\u201d Still new to Milan, Trotter described it as a \u201cvery brutalist city, but with a sensuality that\u2019s a little hidden.\u201d To be sure, she\u2019s noticed that locals take pride in what they wear, dressing to please others as much as for themselves. That the show was he…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}