Watching this collection was like opening a box of multi-colored macarons, and feasting on them down to the last crumb. Each of these looks was so delicate, drenched in color and full of sensual pleasure, it was hard to tear the eyes away.
This is nothing new for Ermanno Scervino which, season-after-season, serves up feel-good, glamorous clothing that suits a variety of women, no matter their age or body type. Harrods, which is giving the brand its own space in one of the newly-refurbished designer rooms, said it often attracts mothers and daughters shopping together.
The designer, Ermanno Daelli, who founded the company with entrepreneur Toni Scervino, loves women, and worked extra-hard on a collection that embodied freedom – of expression, and of movement.
“Beautiful, and modern without being nostalgic, clothes that give a woman confidence, and pleasure,” was how Daelli described the collection, which included jeans made from neoprene and soft, double-breasted suits done in a denim printed, technical fabric.
Those suits had strong shoulders, hourglass waists and wide trousers that came in sugar almond shades such as mint or baby blue.
Dressier styles were done in duchess satin, with some jacket waists embroidered with shiny beads shaped like ice cream sprinkles. Other jackets were boxy and came in caramel suede, with tone-on-tone embroidery, or as part of little skirt suits in electric lemon or mint green.
Sheer, layered dresses with lace insets or dime-size sequins had a romantic edge, as did long gossamer skirts and caftans in dusty pastels.
Daelli offset all those airy layers with a lineup of chunky, hand-crocheted and open weave cashmere cardigans. The shorts and bra tops were fun with a folksy feel, and came in unexpected colors, such as lime green.
Footwear was integral to the looks – and came in similar colors. Flat sandals had long straps that resembled vines, ropes or snakes and twisted high up the leg, while thigh-high and knee-grazing boots came with low, curved heels for all those beautiful women on the go.
