Leveridged

Louis Trotter graced Milan Fashion Week, where she continues to play with volume and proportion

This collection’s colour palette was more muted compared to her previous collections; however, it was impactful as she tapped into her design talents, showcasing the brand’s heritage and skill. Her concept of construction brings depth to her designing, shifting the initial impact of a piece or look into something greater, deeper, more nuanced and unique. A coat moves from a simple outerwear piece into something personal, enveloping the model, becoming one with their silhouette, now becoming a part of them. The show’s styling tells a story of the wears and wearer, of design and ownership.

There is a practicality to her designs, a creative practicality in a belief that these pieces were indeed designed for wear and for use. Whether to blend in or stand out.

Her approach to design flows from a sophisticated place, one nestled in modernity.

There are shirts, trousers, bags, and shoes all with subtle accents that shift one’s understanding of style and clothing. While the collection was not a gradient of hues, there were punchy interjections of reds, lavender and yellows sprinkled throughout, along with pops of print.

Where colour faded, texture exploded as Bottega Veneta continued with this seasons Milanese trend of adding pops of crochet to collections

Increasingly, Spring Summer collections have washed themselves of the usual and expected bright colours and floral motifs as fashion avoids the stereotypical cliché. European brands approach Spring Summer collections from within real everyday life, understanding their clients by dissecting the psychology of their returning customers. They slowly and intentionally bring consumers on a journey of fashion. At times, yes, they might inject a trend but still work within their brand’s ethos, enabling customers to become repeat buyers who are intentionally building a stylish wardrobe season after season for a life truly lived. Therefore, the slow addition or subtraction of colours to collections allows these newly presented pieces to slip in and add intrigue to an ensemble. As with Louis Trotter for Bottega Veneta.

Her collections are telling a style story introduced in her debut. Following along, we are able to see her initial intentions for what fashion and personal style within the brand means to her as she unfolds a new page with her Spring Summer 27 collection.

Not similar, not the same, but evolved is her new collection

Allowing consumers to build, decide, decode and admire as she continues to express herself while leading the creative collective responsible for the brand’s design. 

Bottega’s Intrecciato weave found its way onto oversized tote bags seen in the first two opening looks, along with a variety of new bag styles and sizes, including a laptop holder with a stylish newspaper slot. Rattan and crochet added texture to the collection as fluid folded fringe skirts swayed and swung by.

As for materials, leather stood out in trousers, overcoats and trenches, while being presented as fringe details on tops and outerwear pieces, with leather tassels and fringe also being seen on bags. Tassels leaned sexier in some looks as the long strips clung to bodies in tops and dresses in closing looks, while volume was contrasted with slim-lined pieces in others. 

This collection was impressive as a whole to see Louise’s stance on fashion, but the real interest comes from looking at each piece to see how deep the details run within her design. A trouser is a leather trouser, and a skirt is made up of folded fringe, while hats are made from crochet and are put together to create Bottega Veneta’s new Spring /Summer look: that of a fashion lover with an eye for special design. Louis Trotter continues to share her design philosophy at Bottega Veneta, and it is one that will carry consumers a long way as her story unfolds collection after collection, piece by piece, decoding and recoding fashion for the days ahead.