Designed by the brand's Creative Director Matthieu Blazy, the Bottega Veneta Winter 2024 runway space was inspired by the light, energy and colour of a barren land as night falls. A new journey of Bottega Veneta's fashion begins, in this scorched, bare space, a new lease of life for Creative Director Matthieu Blazy.
Muraro Island's handmade large glass cactus flowers symbolize strength, protection and resilience. For Blazy, this flower, which blooms in a barren natural environment, symbolizes hope and contains tenacious vitality. At the same time, Murano glass is one of Blazy's recurring elements and is an important part of the craft language of his Bottega Veneta collections.
Matthieu Blazy commented that each piece in the show space has a unique personality through craftsmanship. Unique – just like the intrecciato weaving process. The embodiment of elegance is found in simplicity, simplicity and tenacity.
Here, everything that was past and everything that will come to life is reborn with an urgent expectation: to reinvent and deconstruct tailoring to achieve essentialist connotations at a new starting point, to empower fashion for those on the road and on the move.
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Since Matthieu Blazy arrived at the house, he has been searching for the quiet power of Bottega Veneta. In his eyes, fashion is silent, but it is full of tension. He does bring a rustic yet deep charm to Bottega Veneta.
Matthieu Blazy greeted the curtain call after the show.
Everyday-to-day: in the theme of practicality, functionality and purposefulness, there is also charm and confidence. In a world dominated by the night, the imagination of daywear reverts to the sleek silhouette, clear and clean like a stone statue in the dark. In a scorching world, there is something about humanity in the very simple act of 'dressing'. ”—matthieu blazy
This is Blazy's own summary of the collection, and his continued tribute to Bottega Veneta's respect for traditional craftsmanship, its value for creativity and its preservation. In his eyes, Bottega Veneta has always been a brand with its own mind, not just showing its products to customers.
Silhouettes from different eras and collections come together to create a design language that represents the present and the future: round, enveloping, functional and protective. This is Matthieu Blazy's insistence on the finest craftsmanship of fashion.
The material also echoes this process of fusion: the material is heated and molded, boiled and shredded;Wool faux lambskin, cashmere and thread trimming take on new forms: practical, tough, restrained – like a flame.
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Straightforward materials and silhouettes mean a return to the basics of fashion: knitted suits are minimalist;Padded-shoulder knits convey a utilitarian temperament;A cotton printed shirt highlights the frankness and authenticity;Soft leather provides comfort and protection.
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Shades of night and fire dominate the palette of the season: anthracite, burnt orange, burgundy, dark chocolate, dark tan, olive brown, smoky grey, red and white, to name a few.
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The daylight atmosphere occasionally emerges through sky blue and light goldAs at the beginning of a new world, there is light and hope in the darkness.
Snakes, flames and flowers recur throughout this season's collection, symbolizing resilience and rebirth.
Layered handkerchief-trimmed skirts and simple shirts are printed with abstract floral motifs, and laser-cut "flower" pleated skirts that become symbols of flowers—the "barren flowers" that grow in deserts or withered grass and cold places.
When the earth is burned, flowers bloom again, and the power of rebirth can give people new hope. They will be stronger than ever. So in the moment, elegance is also a kind of tenacity.
The flame print is presented on the leather fabric and dances, echoing the paradox of the flame itself with an abstract and intricate thread cutting process. The snake is an image and material motif throughout the collection, from the handbag wrapped around the snake-shaped leather rope to the iconic spiral enamel earrings.
This season's Bottega Veneta's elegant and firm core made Guo Jingjing and Zhou Yutong who came to watch the show particularly like.
Silence in the details is better than sound
Labelling the bags and earrings, this season's Bottega Veneta's accessories collection conveys the heritage and essentialism of the times: my grandmother's crocodile leather goods, my mother's handbag, my father's oxfords. These accessories are inherited from a time when objects were not discarded at will, and when they transcend fashion and time, the relationship between objects and people is more meaningful.
*This is reflected in the Liberta bag, the practical Andiamo, the Hop bag and the Cabat bag, where Blazy brings luxury to everyday attire.
The jewellery collections on display on the runway appear to be designed for future archaeological research, combining ancient materials such as ceramic, glass, leather, wood, lapis lazuli and Dalmatian stone through exquisite craftsmanship. In the collection, the tinsel design of the infinity symbol element merges with a metal twist necklace, and the snake swallows its own tail, showing a timeless philosophical return.
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Returning fashion to pragmatism itself is Matthieu Blazy's constant pursuit. Just like his Bottega Veneta collection, which has been a back-to-basics from the "Italian trilogy" onwards, it also symbolizes a quiet power, where everything is resolute and restrained.
Source: Bottega Veneta, Oriental IC