MILAN (AP) – David Bowie’s pioneering rock ‘n’ roll femininity is gaining currency, still after decades, on fashion runways and was strongly evident in Peter Dundas’ menswear premier for the Roberto Cavalli fashion house.
“Where do I begin?” Dundas said when asked about Bowie’s influence on his designs after the show Friday evening.
“Bowie’s almost always on my mood board and I was completely shocked and crushed and saddened when I heard about his passing and I thought about Imam, of course, as well. It felt like the beginning of the end of something very, very important, stylistically and musically and in iconography as well.”
The looks previewed during Milan Fashion Week of menswear previews for the next cold weather season embraced feminine touches in ways familiarized by Bowie, tempered with masculine features. Sheer shirts adorned with silver beading were paired with a tweed jacket, or silken floral scarves knotted below the neck with an open front polka-dotted shirt and suede jacket, and even embroidered black velour jacket over corduroy flairs.
Winter is a parade of luxury, from oversized animal-print furs worn over Norwegian-patterned scarves and sweaters, to rich reptile-skin coats and jackets in contrasting stripes of color worn with jeans.