Oriental fashion has been a source of great inspiration for designers around the world throughout all historical periods and throughout all cultural trends, from the time of the East India Companies, to the unscrupulous and unscrupulous trade along the Silk Road, to the present day. It is the allure of colors expertly blended and blended by master oriental dyers, the essential and refined illustrations, and finally the marvelous silks. All this is the allure of the Orient.

Original androgyny

Unlike Western fashion, which tends to emphasize and accentuate the female figure, Eastern fashion focuses more on pure aesthetics and linear forms. The kimono is essentially made up of five rectangles of varying sizes: one for the back, two for the front and neckline, and two for the sleeves. The shape is therefore reduced to the essential. And it is the same for both men's and women's clothing.

It's a message of original adrogyny. This concept also underpins the stylistic choices of the greatest master of Made in Italy, Giorgio Armani, who with his deconstructed jacket stripped back forms and equated men's and women's fashion. Other big names in global fashion have taken on the challenge of the kimono's apparent simplicity, creating original, sometimes even excessive, collections. Among them is John Galiano, who in his spring/summer 2007 haute couture collection for the house of Dior reproduced a version of Madame Butterfly, as have Gucci, Versace, Etro, and many others.

The Kimono Collection 2022

The Kimono Mela Wedding Collection also draws inspiration from the same oriental tradition and makes the shapes linear and essential, thus enhancing the color in its purest essence.

The Marea Kimono is in fact an example of craftsmanship, fiberart, which mixes transparent and opaque, tone on tone and lights up with an intense blue.

It was made with ancient cottons and with an original artistic technique that is the intellectual property of the brand.

The Mela Wedding atelier explored the apparent simplicity of this piece, seeking to contribute to the aesthetic and experimental research of Italian fashion.

Link to the 2022 Kimono Collection

Thanks to the Accademia Costume e Moda for their advice and excellent collaboration in the bibliographic research that allowed me to write this post.