Titled ‘The Next Era’, the latest collection from Maria Grazia Chiuri juxtaposed tailoring with feminine chiffon dresses and checked tweeds sat alongside details, such as protective moto-cross gloves and American football shoulder pads. Standout was the knitwear, a fine cobweb lace bodice and diaphanous chiffon for evening wear. Collaborating with D-Air Lab, a start-up company that produces specialist tech materials for sports, Chiuri also included hi-tech protective elements in her designs this season: the bar jacket was reinvented to include inserts and exposed inner padding.
