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ETRO- Women Wear Autumn Winter 2013/2014 collection

For Fall Winter 2013, Veronica Etro creates a fantasy stage where global and cultural influences freely co-mingle, unhindered by time and geography.

From cathedral vaults and Renaissance ceilings, to 19^th century ethnic textiles and Russian ceramics, tradition is at the root of the collection.

Prints

Prints, an Etro hallmark, are newly animated this season. Digital techniques allow for a fusion and combustion of pattern where one melts, fades or distorts into another.

Traditional prints motifs, with old-world depth, fall to the background and are partially covered in bold, irreverent swipes of graphic black slashes or a flash of dark void.

Layers of repeated pixels create a sort of cyber pattern, while asymmetrical mutations of signature paisleys and classic tie prints yield a new visual velocity.

Fabrics

Essential to the print story this season are intricate, micro beads embroideries that create an unusual luxury-crusted and pattern rich surface decoration. Intarsia of luxurious materials are a key construction technique, like printed technical tulle net interspersed with wool and leather on a roomy overcoat, or jacquards with intricate texture. New technical fabrics provide a compact, stretch body while heavy silk candy offers a modern, clean canvas for print.

Silhouettes

A sporty influence and clean, simple shapes bring measured balance to the collection, tempered by blocks of cobalt, grape, cranberry, marigold and coral. Black leather inserts and belts with silver stud closure break or frame pattern, while hefty zips and matte black snaps add an urban edge. Key silhouettes include a cropped, slightly flared three-tone leather motorcycle pant, and ski-slope inflected pants and sweaters, both featuring padding, stitching and color blocking.

Accessories

Accessories this season mimic the sportiness, decorative effects and layers of clothing. Pointy toe stilettos with sci-fi spur heels feature colored leather straps that wrap high around the ankle. The new postman bag features 3-D collages of leather or is covered in micro beaded animal patterns. Motorcycle bags, in sturdy handbag or clutch versions, feature graphic blocks of color, padding and stitching, while a hard metal enamel clutch has been distorted. This look finished with flat, shiny shot of gold or platinum metal jewelry like simple, oversized earrings and cuffs.

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