Loro Piana’s FW23 collection highlights the brand’s forte in luxury fabric innovations — a glimpse into the future of luxury fibre.
It’s about time we come to a consensus that smart technology in fashion is not just about technical gear or performance activewear. The innovation that enables smart technology to work its magic on fashion happens when the search for sartorial solutions is angled towards an aspirational way of living. When that is combined with smart design, the result is a sensational form of luxury so subtly incorporated into your daily routines that it’s barely there.
In other words, the penultimate form of luxury is comfort, which has been most wholly embodied this season by Loro Piana. The brand’s Fall Winter 2023 collection expands on their long-time fascination with the serenity of the outdoors, swinging across colours and atmospheres of Peru, New Zealand, Australia and Mongolia — homelands of the key fibres that reside at the core of Loro Piana’s expertise.
Just like the images of wide expanses these places conjure, the collection’s silhouettes are kept soft and malleable, generously voluminous and naturally flowing. The ease of Loro Piana’s tailoring expresses the richness and heritage of their know-how in material innovation, their mastery of fibres a quiet but omnipresent feat in items such as the single or double-breasted blazers and overcoats, which meld neatly with peacoats, bombers and active blousons.
The Horsey Jacket in particular is refreshed in an oversized version, while shirt and CashDenim — cashmere made to look denim — versions emulate a pragmatism befitting of wear in both the urban and natural landscapes. This relaxed attitude is explored widely in the knitwear offerings as well, ranging from fine, lightweight styles to chunky jumpers, perfect for weathering seasonal transitions.
In a closer look, one can see how the Fall Winter 2023 wardrobe follows an imaginary journey across countries. As it moves from the blues and greens of the Peruvian sky to the natural hues of New Zealand, dimensional outerwear in rich wools and leather gives way to padded jackets and mildly formal car-coats. The path leads to Australia with weather proof technical outerwear enriched with knits and jackets in deep desert tones and shearling pieces in resonant shades of red ochre and natural beige, and finally reaches Mongolia, where chevron weaves are paired with Cashfur and mixed shearlings for layered and rich outerwear that conveys high winter protection.
Top that off with sturdy loafers, scarves and wool caps and you are ready to take on showers and storms without flinching.
Perhaps the Loro Piana man, an individual who is active in spirit yet a lover of beauty, at once informally formal and formally informal, lives within all of us. We just need to unearth that curiousity and insatiable desire for adventure with the right tools. From a richly royal palette of classic tones of Midnight Garden, Powder Grey, Dark Pine Green and Brown Antelope, with light notes of Nougat, Pecan rendered through a modulation of cashmere, The Gift of Kings® and alpaca wool Rain System®, suede and leather, the Fall Winter 2023 collection presents what continues to cement the luxury brand’s standing as the pinnacle of fibre manipulation.
Learn more about the Loro Piana Fall Winter 2023 collection here, or find their stores at ION Orchard or MBS. Once you’re done with this story, click here to catch up with our August 2023 issue.
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