Pilati has never been a very skilled colourist, really. Remember the infamous scene in The September Issue?
This looks like Agnona and YSL towards the end. Fendi is little bit quirky, much more « intellectual » than whatever Stefano though he did all his career.
He has quite a serious and institutional vision of luxury.
‘He would be fabulous for Armani. When I look at this collection, the only thing I think about is Armani and even the proper lookbook is more in the spirit of Armani than Fendi.
I must say that the fur sweater is a clever idea.
Fendi needs joy. I think Alessandro would be able to work with Silvia and Delfina. Fendi has amazing archives and can allow him to tap into something he doesn’t tap into sometimes: subtlety.
Is this a some sort of test for Stefano to see if he fits for Fendi?
The man has spent almost a decade attending LVMH and events and wasn’t proposed anything. I really don’t think they have Stefano on their radar over there… But who knows.
He would have been great for Berluti or Loro Piana.
The reality is that despite the anti-conformist persona he tried to create for himself in Berlin and with Random Identities, he remains very bourgeois at heart.
‘This collection is more bourgeois than everything than Karl, Silvia and Alessia has ever designed.