MASTER OF SENSUALITY

Walter Chiapponi with a respectable pedigree that goes from Armani to Prada to Bottega Veneta – at the helm of Tod’s and T Factory, the creative laboratory wanted by Diego Della Valle to create thought and action around the brand. It is an intelligent debut, not at all screamed and well placed. Not a disruption, to use the hateful neologism, but an evolution that focusing on ideas of good taste and classicism affirms a precise identity, Italian in tone and execution, but not at all cramped. “I wanted to bring some sensuality to the Tod’s world, which in the past I found quite cold” explains Chiapponi, who, never blatant, obtains the effect with subtlety: discovering a little skin with short skirts; giving the coats a pleasant hand. Create a wardrobe of indispensable pieces, and invite to play with it. It does not make fashion with a capital M, and the choice of a refined but not rinuciatario undertone rewards it. The message is clear: far from trends.