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...Miuccia Prada planted the seeds in her spring 2007 collection, sending down the runway two satin dresses the moody purple-blue of Van Gogh's irises. Since then, fellow designers Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen have filled their lines with shades of it. Nike, the Gap and even Cadillac are sporting its finery. And Michelle Obama certainly got the memo. She wore it to her husband's nomination ceremony and final debate and on Larry King Live--as did, come to think of it, Mr. King...
Founded in 1945 by Antonio Ratti, the printmaker and silk weaver has become the go-to source for luxury houses and avant-garde designers in search of something unique and extraordinary. "They're ready and open to all new experimentation," says Miuccia Prada, who works constantly with Ratti to develop her prints?anything from the hand-drawn Art Nouveau organdy prints for spring to the postcard-inspired kitschy prints of several seasons ago. "Ratti stands out for its constant work of research and archives," says Fulvia Visconti, vice president of Salvatore Ferragamo. Ralph Lauren stresses the importance of Ratti...
...archives but will ask for it to be enlarged. Others, like Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, want something that is completely new. This season Ratti suggested painting on muslin-like organza. The result: their brilliant collection of dresses inspired by artist Julian Schnabel's canvases. Then there is Miuccia Prada, who invests a tremendous amount of time and interest in fabric development. Describing the designer as innovative, Ratti remembers a series of checks being printed directly onto knitwear and geometric motifs onto T shirts and minidresses...
...economy may be dreary, but the fashion forecast remains bright. Last season's monochromatic gray trend is fast fading from memory as orange emerges to punch up summer wardrobes. The sunny hue first appeared on Miuccia Prada's fall 2007 runway, and then Raf Simons picked it up for his spring 2008 collection for Jil Sander. Now orange is turning up on everything from Pucci's new sunglass collection to Furla's braided-handle tote and Louis Vuitton's modernist cuff. And on an elaborate gown at Dior's haute couture show, the hue oozed regal glamour. In the home...
...cachet that contemporary art can bestow on fashion was one of the big creative and commercial themes at the recent runway shows in Paris and Milan. Miuccia Prada collaborated with architect Rem Koolhaas and graphic-design company 2x4 to create dizzying backdrops for her Art Nouveau-inspired prints. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana opened their show with a video of an artist painting a canvas with flowers. The models appeared in dresses of hand-painted organza. Although there was no direct collaboration, the brilliant layers of opaque color that Raf Simons created for the Jil Sander show looked like...