OutLoud is a fashion blog created out of love for fashion brands and designers. It must have all started when I was little, since I was raised in a fashion store. Years later, I did my studies in fashion and started working in the field. Soon, I decided to create OutLoud and do my part the way I know best. A bit of humor is all needed when sharing the latest fashion trends. Right? Currently we are exploring the collections of major fashion brands for spring/summer 2021. Have a seat!
Nowadays companies are talking about diversity. They want to prove to the public they embrace diversity and have made inclusivity one of their core values. Before we continue unravelling our thoughts, let's think for a bit. What is currently defined as diversity and inclusivity? --- Diversity: the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc. Inclusivity: the practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those having physical or mental disabilities or belonging to other minority groups. --- In a perfect society, diversity and inclusion would mean letting any person enter, or the chance to enter, a group of people. In such a world, we would not even think, nor be preoccupied, of other people's color, way of dressing, sexual orientation, gender, among many many others....
VERCASE SS21 FASHION COLLECTION | FASHION DESIGNER Donatella Versace | A token manifestation of Utopia, Sustainability & Inclusion | OutLoud
Fashion brand Versace, SS21 collection by Donatella Versace. A chance to escape quarantine into a utopian world where inclusion, sustainability and sexiness are the standards!
Ok... Where you one of the kids who wanted to be Little Mermaid? Did you use to imagine yourself underwater? Did you want to dye your hair Ariel-red? C'mon! Admit it! This is a no-judge area. You are safe.
Andd...the solution came years later by Donatella Versace. Could you believe? There needed to be such crazy, epidemic conditions to inspire the designer make your dream come true, after all! Better late than never!
You saw these people sitting so close with each other on the set? Before you get too judgmental, listen to me. They are all employees, like you and me! All tested and corona-free. Now that I put you off this agony, let's carry on with the juice!
The catwalk evidently takes place
in a mysterious utopian world imagined as the ruins of Atlantis, ruled by
Medusa and inhabited by sexy, colorful creatures. As Donatella Vercase said,
“Fashion is about dreaming and the most instinctive answer to what we are all
going through is the desire to create a new world.”
And that’s exactly what she did! On top of this, she managed
to stay true to Versace's DNA by reinterpreting the 'Trésor de la Mer' motifs from Gianni Versace’s collection for Spring 1992. The main challenge the
designer faced, as she admits, was giving meaning to fashion in moments like this. People feel the need to escape in an imaginary, utopian world. So, they should better take one, she thought! Versaceapolis! I must say, the
sand runway, the mythical statuary and the crumbling columns, for sure did
their job.
And the clooothees. Of course.
An explosion of colors and starfish, coral and seashell
motifs. Jellyfish-bouncing flounce-hem dresses and cascading skirts with
ruffles that reminds us of squids. A superior craftsmanship combinating prints and the plissé fabric - a technique not much used by the brand
before. Suits with sport-like separates and overwhelmingly captivating
clam-shell bras, only the sea world elite could pull off. Bags? The Medusa bag parading gracefully in colors from dark blue till deep red and soft lilac.
Did you take notice? The brand makes big, baby steps in major concepts such as
inclusion and sustainability.
There are models of various sizes and body types. From brand
regulars, such as Joan Smalls, Jill Kortleve and Irina Shayk, till new,
exciting faces like Alva Claire and Precious Lee. We see men and
women all parading together blurring the lines of gender limits. Does this
remind us of Louis Vuitton SS21? As Donatella stated:
“I wanted to create something disruptive, something that
could be in tune with what has changed inside all of us. To me that meant
dreaming of a new world. A world made of popping colors and fantastic creatures
and a world in which we can all coexist peacefully.”
She imagines a world of ''inclusion, mutual support, and
acceptance of what is different.”
And could we even imagine a future world without touching the concept of sustainability? Na-ah!
Donatella's ambitions on this subject manifested
through organic cotton and recycled
polyester and polyamide.
Not bad, right?
Get inspiration for what you're gonna wear in your next
scuba diving experience here.
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