Spring-Summer 24 Highlights: Artificial Shine  The 1 March 2023 - Spring-Summer 24 - Leather - Fabrics - Fabrics - Leather

Shine is dynamized and softened by the use of fine metallic or pearlescent pigmentations that allow the material to breathe.

Leathers with glitter finishes evoke reptile scales from another millennium. Stretch velvet leathers are embellished with multiple iridescent micro-sequins applied by transfer — perfect for body-con clothes. Skins are coated with a variety of iridescent shades, like stardust. Alongside leather, to design the sneakers of tomorrow, specialized textiles sport prints that look like multicolored digital beams, enriched with metallic threads that illuminate with varying intensities depending on the light.

A lesson in the art of enhancing irregularities on skins! In lieu of smooth perfection, the digital influence plays up deliberate imperfections, with the surfaces of leathers crumpled, crinkled or even shrunken. Light brings these surfaces to life, giving varnished finishes a new look. Wet and lacquered effects are applied with transparency over intense, uniform colors, or combine with faintly pearlescent iridescence with subtly shifting reflections.

Mesh and net are made of silver threads, while sequin embroidery in gradient hues evokes otherworldly scaled skins.

Recycled sequins are placed randomly or scattered on fabrics, coming to life as they catch the light. Subtly acidic pastels on transparent voile have metallic coatings. Meanwhile, halos with overexposed effects are partially covered with iridescent finishes to form circular impressions that suggest a computer-generated aurora borealis.

A precious materiality makes jacquards and silks seem to vibrate.

Jacquards have textured, plumped or depressed structures. Mini waves give surfaces a frisson effect and are worked in satin-finish fabrics that amplify delicate preciousness. Light hits in specific, more exposed spots, then diffuses in an eruption of fiery sparkles. Patterns depict endlessly intertwined geometric shapes with varying degrees of definition. Light metallic coatings are deposited randomly, while transparent voiles in soft pastels feature floral decorations or are sprinkled with mineral stones. Gold, silver and colored metal catch the eye and bring a futuristic edge to dresses and ethereal tops.

Silks point to a new romanticism, gleefully surrendering to the digital age. Shiny, iridescent finishes surface on light or acidic colors, with changing effects applied in light coatings or through ultra-fine metal-plastic threads shot through the material. Such reflections transpose materials into a virtual, immaterial world, projecting the viewer into a dreamlike dimension.