First, Han Chong from Self-Portrait waxed lyrical about how Her Majesty’s talent for colour-coordination impacted all his designs, now Max Mara has released a collection during Milan Fashion Week that would definitely pass the Balmoral Test.
Like the rest of us, Max Mara creative director Ian Griffiths has whiled away hours of lockdown watching The Crown, although for these designs he opted to use the heavy tweeds, dark green jackets and sturdy outdoor boots the Queen favours in the countryside over the big collars and Eighties hues of a young Princess Diana’s wardrobe.
It's a refreshing approach, and despite borrowing heavily from Max Mara advertising campaigns from the 1950s, it also feels very current.Fittingly, this collection marks Max.
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