ACCESSORIES.......... Innovation..

I had meant to post this closer to the show but it's just as well that I waited, as an interview with Margherita Missoni has popped up which actually answers a few of my queries about the stonkingly cool jewellery she designed for the first time for Missoni's A/W 10-11 collection (she's in charge of all accessories now - bags, sunnies and jewellery).  She basically echoes my initial thoughts about the jewellery which cleverly weighted down the highland fling-type knits...

"We wanted something modern, smooth, chromed, shiny and a little bit futuristic for the jewels, the shoe stirrups and the sunglass lenses, since the basic idea was trying to create a contrast with the raw and rough materials incorporated in the designs. The collection includes quite a few rather heavy materials and natural colours and to avoid that such designs could become a little bit too ethnic or folkish and that the African and Scottish inspirations became too literal, we opted for metal jewellery."

Beauty aside, I also wanted to point out a more practical point for my blog readers, though is that ridden me....not liking metal jewelry at all, me is a happy bunny indeed to see metal cuff bracelets and necklaces using knitted collars and thick sweaters to act as a barrier between skin and tingly metal and thus avoiding pustular rashes.its perfect adaptation of fashion....... very subtle, very practical and very cool...... what can we say about it........ MISSONI's.

MoniCa singh