Bottega Veneta: Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

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[Tim] Thomas Maier s latest collection for Bottega Veneta

exudes a sophistication that were used to from this label.

But its inspiration is surprisingly humble.

[Thomas] My inspiration came from

an image I had in my mind.

You know when, I saw little kids going to karate class

and that just came back to me.

I felt like something a little bit more serene.

[Tim] Something slightly desabille, slightly disordered.

[Hamish] Yeah, well I think you saw it with the hair,

kind of tumbled up into a sort of messy up sweep

with that little band.

And the clothes had something that looked as though they d

been deliberately constructed to look like

they were sort of slipping off.

I mean they were literally kind of one shoulder things

but everything had that kind of shrugged feeling to it.

[Linda] Thomas is like a zen master.

He s so ultimately refined.

The bags, of course,

which are kind of the core of the brand.

One was more innovative than the next, this weaving.

I think he s got a bit of a focus on

some of the sensibilities that come out of Japan.

[Thomas] The pallet became this very pale pallet

and then the idea of the belt, when you win the higher ranks

so there was the touch of color.

The egg yellow and orchid basically just as a little touch.

[Cathy] It felt more texture, more depth.

There was a beautiful dress,

a sort of muslin color with a yellow on it.

And then there was a fantastic dress

the maroon and gray on the ottoman,

halter from halter neck dress.

[Hamish] He s also giving you that wasted, corsetted,

full skirted, Grace Kelly kind of thing.

[Tim] It s also almost like when Doris Day

turns to night as well, isn t it?

[laughing] There s a bit of that.

[Thomas] This was very much about using the material

and giving the material enough freedom to move on the body

so that the dress can take on different shapes

depending on the body type that you put into it.

It will never look the same.

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