It’s a story of internal strength that makes you step out of your comfort zone. The internal
versus the external. The intimate versus the collective. In Missoni’s Winter 2022 collection
the music is the engine behind this action, speaking of a strong and sweet woman. Assertive
and private. Alternating between melodic and rock in the rhythm of a heartbeat that
intensifies or settles depending on emotions. Each moment is tied to the industrial sound of
knitting machines, as if it were the stitching between one song and the other.
Yet nothing is literal, and everything is of substance and essence in the attitude, the shapes,
the materials. Light, luminous, opaque, soft, metallic, bright, shiny. Conceptual and real
layers. Masculine and feminine, with large bourgeois coats over perfecto jackets. To this,
another aesthetic layer is added, transversally connecting the collection: 90’s hip-hop girls
with ultra-baggy alpaca work pants, also in light denim, suede, moleskin or jersey joggers.
The silhouette is exaggerated. Today’s crop tops are cashmere tank tops, blouses with
openings that reveal the bellybutton, or minute jacquard vests. Even Missoni’s knitwear DNA
is reinvented through imperfections, cuts, runs, felted effects, yet soft to the touch. Pullovers
and cardigans are given a lived-in look, adding an aura of affection as if it told a long story.
Details are fundamental: slingback and vaguely Texan ankle boots with a stiletto heel or
talisman-like charms, at times on display hung on belts or as jewelry, other times hidden like
private valuables.
There’s an unexpected lifestyle and it comes with the wardrobe. The bathrobe is given a new
life, completely embroidered with crystals and sequins it becomes the special symbol of the
duality between private and collective. The evening wear is therefore glistening. The dresses
are in shimmering lace, skin-tight in viscose knit with a metallic coating and a diagonal cut
that reveals the nude back, or strapless made in laced-leather effect rubber coating fabric.
The setting becomes and ideal container for this mash-up: a place that regularly hosts sports
events and concerts abandons its role and becomes a metaphysic space through large LED
parallelepipeds projecting the emotions between streetwear and tradition.
– Press Office Missoni –