GUILLAUME HENRY is said to have been inspired by the American Wild West for the Nina Ricci Fall 2017 Ready-to-Wear collection in Paris, siting the Ricci woman a traveler enamoured with the notion of the "urban cowboy". There were silver-tipped and pointed collars, bolo ties and shearling, but thankfully, these rodeo-style adornments were more of an aside to the expert layering of corduroy, leather and lace, the pale shades of dusky rose and daffodil, the shimmery cowl-neck day dresses and perfectly tailored blazers and belted coats ...
Animal print has been a part of fashion and décor for many years: well-travelled, worldly and exotic, it was a symbol of wealth and status. Fabrics with patterns and colours imitating the coats of animals were made fashionable as early as the eighteenth century, and it is thought that animal print became popular in the United States in the late 1960’s, during the Bohemian movement.