Creative director Paul Andrew takes us through his SS20 collection in Beijing's award-winning The Temple Hotel
We braved the cold temperatures of Beijing to check out the SS20 collection by Salvatore Ferragamo which was being presented by creative director Paul Andrew. Ferragamo picked a 600-year-old Tibetan Buddhist temple turned stylish boutique hotel to showcase its men’s and women’s collections, which were mostly inspired by the vacation Andrew took with his family as a child. Andrew, who's dressed in a shirt, lightweight vest and pants, said the collection “really gives me the feeling of being in the south of Italy.”
A trip may not be on the cards in the near future but there are key takeaways from the collection that we can get on board with. Let us count them:
Viva, Viva!
One of the first things Paul Andrew did was to reinvent the iconic Vara shoe. He jests, “The original shoe is older than me, actually. So we came up with the Viva shoe, which has a more pointed, elongated shape. The bow is larger and the sculptural block heel is inspired by a favourite sculptor of mine, Richard Serra.”
A footwear pairing that has been trending lately, Andrew paired white socks with the Viva, giving a sense of primness and a kind of school-girl nostalgia.
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