Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Italian designer, Maria Francesca Pepe is the new “it” girl. When viewing her line, I immediately think chic with a razor sharp edge. She experiments with triangular shapes in her jewelry,womenswear,bags and shoes. Her Fall/Winter 2009-2010 line displays dark, structural beauty. Drawing her inspiration from 19th Century fashionable French prostitutes, Pepe forces a different perspective on jewelry and apparel. She has now come out with a collection she calls “jewelry wear.” This line boasts of menswear-inspired tee shirt shapes in wools and washed silks. The soft materials are the direct opposite of her usual metal wrist cuffs, breastplates and armbands. “The clothing is a frame for the jewelry, so I want it to feel easy.” The idea of creating clothes that are intentionally made for jewelry and vice versa is innovative. Maria Francesca Pepe’s vision of merging the conventional with the unconventional is what makes her designs unique.
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