“This is the real reason Hamilton left Mercedes, if we are being honest.” Props to @thecolby for that snap reaction to this Ferrari collection on @outlandermagazine’s feed. As mentioned in the last review, Ferrari’s fashion collections are building up a head of speed through Rocco Iannone’s manifestation of them as a worn equivalent of Ferrari’s cars; they are lavishly overdesigned, overpoweringly racy, and aesthetically divisive.
As the healthy section of VICs at this morning’s show indicated, that approach is striking a chord with Ferrari’s key clientele. Iannone entertainingly riffed on officewear in an opening section that felt like witnessing a high-speed collision between Hugo Boss and in-his-pomp Roberto Cavalli. Ostentatiously pleated gray tailoring accessorized with ankle-length belts was layered under explosively shaggy shearlings or camel coats in looks completed by Rosso Corsa ties. Skirts were cut low and split high. Some supercharged olive shearlings (my podium pieces on this season’s Ferrari circuit) pursued a less convincing clot of clothes cut in a golden fringed fil coupe.
We drifted into a long section dominated by high-shine leather outerwear, first in a mixed-spray-can silhouette and then a shade pretty close to the late Ancora red. These pieces were sometimes heavily fringed and punctuated by diagonally ruched and dynamically fitted metallic satin dresses. As ever at these shows, glove lovers were abundantly catered to. Ferrari’s fashion line seems to have found its raison d’être, and just like the cars, it is an extremely niche product. You get that this is how Ferrari likes it.
