Bottega Veneta
Designer: Tomas Maier

• “The collection was complex, mixing sharply tailored cuts with softer pieces, with demure skirts down to the knee and high-waisted trousers.” {AFP}
• “Short, sweet and so very elegant. That pretty much sums up a show where everything seemed to fit together effortlessly, even though creative director Tomas Maier puts great effort into the meticulous detail.” {The Associated Press}
• “Bottega Veneta was one of the prettiest collections of floral dresses I have ever seen.” {The Cut/New York Magazine}
• “There is nothing especially profound in a mocha-colored dress with a graphic print of daisies that has been splashed with jet beads. But there is plenty of exquisite technique and dreamy artistry over which to marvel.” {The Daily Beast/Newsweek}
• “It was energising to see something new in Milan: no sportswear, no 1960s, no primary colours, no loud prints.” {ELLEuk.com}
• “One cannot fault Bottega Veneta’s creative director Tomas Maier for lack of clarity in his approach.” {Fashion Wire Daily}
• “This was stealth wealth presented in the most tasteful and imaginative way.” {International Herald Tribune}
• “Those defined shoulders and rather big, almost cartoonish platform pumps said a lot, as did the neatness of the silhouette.” {On The Runway/The New York Times}
• “All hail the dress! Tomas Maier lasered intense focus on the silhouette in his brilliant Bottega Veneta show today, cutting forties-style frocks with strong but not hard shoulders and slender, body-loving shapes.” {Style.com}
• “The house’s signature butterflies alighted in clusters on buckles of belts that defined trim waists, on the toes of the thick-heeled platform shoes, and on the flat satchel purses worn, in the fashion of the season, pinioned by a firm elbow to the side of the waist–symbols, perhaps, of a certain lightness of touch and of an undeniable prettiness.” {Vogue.com}
• “Tomas Maier doesn’t think women should be pigeon-holed. Too right.” {Vogue.com UK}
• “Sweet and tough. The tension between the two intrigues many designers, including Tomas Maier, who for spring offered his take on the theme with an impressive collection for Bottega Veneta.” {WWD}