Fashion


Leonard Summer 2014: sporty sophistication

The Leonard Summer 2014 woman collection cultivates an elegant, sometimes boldly sporty ease, set to the tempo of the label's spectacular signature prints.
The 80s motifs, with their explosive cocktail of sophisticated sensuality and raw hedonism, set to the tempo of the label’s spectacular prints. Resolutely urban, the Leonard woman walks with a decisive step and celebrates her freedom of movement in an asymmetrical skirt matched to a royal blue nappa leather and printed silk jacket. Abstract polychrome flowers are offset by ripples of white paint, reminiscent of edgy graffiti. The theme is punctuated with zippers, a bold pictorial gesture which blends into watercolor-like shadings on an almost liquid silk charmeuse dress where turquoise and tyrian pink gradually fade to white.

An Art Nouveau style print inspired by Tiffany glass accentuates the modernity of a deconstructed necklace dress and a jumpsuit with a daring neckline. Bright pink and flesh pink peonies radiate in full fatal splendor on a draped skin-tight bustier dress. In the evening, she exudes a lovely fluidity when clad in pointillist black and white. In step with her now dreamy gait, lively forms take on a more sophisticated appearance. Her chic, almost nonchalant glamour is reinvented in supple variations on classic themes: sleeveless tuxedo dress, tailored in soft silk, the label’s fabric of choice, rendersthe Leonard woman’s agile silhouette sublime. A bodysuit beneath an organza cape and a sheath dress embroidered with giant flowers crowns this lavish Leonard collection.
Juillet 2014
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