The "impossible wardrobe" of the Schiaparelli Haute Couture FW 23-24 collection As the Maison's tradition, art and fashion intertwine to create wonder

Daniel Roseberry is immersing himself more and more in the Schiaparelli universe, and for the opening of the Paris week dedicated to haute couture FW 2023/2024, he brought to the catwalk, before the attentive gaze of Cardi B, Chiara Ferragni, Anna Wintour and the other more or less familiar faces that populated the front row, an "impossible wardrobe" in which the impossible becomes synonymous with the extraordinary. Behind it is a sense of freedom, of disobedience, a range of unique pieces that each woman can put together in her own personal way, with a touch of eccentricity and transgression, as if they were the works of an artist. Artists are, in fact, the inspiration that has always united the house's work and that we now find in the new couture proposals.

The volumes are exaggerated, bulky, deliberately eccentric and as imposing as the jewellery. Giacometti's monumental sculptures become thin drops of gold covered in stone, the leaves typical of Claude Lalanne's decorations inspire brooches and cuffs of massive impact and, for the first time, Schiaparelli's jewellery, like the burl hands, is made of wood. The shoes are minimalist, with a kind of keyhole that gives them a special touch, while the Schiap bag is hand-painted with colourful crocodile and covered with stacks of bright wooden beads or the "quilting" technique.