Sunday, September 23: Marni
Designer: Consuelo Castiglioni

• “A simple collection in whites, blacks and greens, where dresses found sophistication in layering.” {AFP}
• “There was a simplicity to the collection that is hard to define as minimalist, given the volume-creating effects of folds in A-line skirts and peplums, or short overskirts, added to tops and jackets.” {The Associated Press}
• “This was a graphic and clean Marni collection, and it felt like the brand took a huge leap forward by paring back.” {The Cut/New York Magazine}
• “Chrysanthemum prints in orange or purple brightened a fairly quiet palette, and judicious sprinkles of glitter served as a reminder of the eccentric femininity on which Marni has built its reputation.” {The Daily Beast/Newsweek}
• “It was as if she’d spring-cleaned the vision–taken away the layers, reduced the number of fabrics, pushed back the quirkiness–and in so doing, got to the essence of Marni. ” {ELLEuk.com}
• “Contemporary and coolly crafted.” {FabSugar}
• “Few shows have better summed up the new geometry trend dominating the current fashion season than the sensitively architectural Marni spring 2013 collection.” {Fashion Wire Daily}
• “Consuelo Castiglioni’s ‘weightless exploration of volume’ for Spring 2013 resulted in a collection that felt pared down, powerful, and right on point for the season.” {fashionologie}
• “Marni showed one of the strongest collections in Milan, based around interesting shapes, volume and proportion.”  {The Guardian}
• “At Marni, the designer Consuelo Castiglioni went from her house to Bauhaus. And it made a striking collection–if one that converted the female body from round to rigid.” {International Herald Tribune}
• “Scraping away most of the Marni trinkets and funky layers, Consuelo Castiglioni presented a very spare collection indeed. … Nothing seemed too much in this appealing show.” {On The Runway/The New York Times}
• “There was plenty in Castiglioni’s black and white experiments with controlling volume today that echoed the shapely sophistication of a couturier.” {Style.com}
• “Wonderfully grown-up and sophisticated.” {Vogue.com}
• “It was luxe simplicity.” {Vogue.com UK}
• “She delivered … a delightful curveball, dialing back her charmingly cartoonish inclinations in favor of womanly refinement.” {WWD}