Giorgio Armani Womenswear Spring-Summer 1990

The collection draws inspiration from diverse geographical and cultural influences, which are combined and synthesised into a coherent and contemporary stylistic language. The offering includes long jackets, finely embroidered sweaters, wide trousers, and short skirts, sometimes paired in outfits that play with overlapping and contrasting volumes.

Lightweight fabrics with exotic textures are enriched by prints that evoke oriental atmospheres, complemented by iridescent, amber-hued embroideries with an almost opalescent quality. This vision, filtered through a Western perspective, recalls the poetics of Léon Bakst, the renowned set and costume designer of the Ballets Russes, who explored these themes at the beginning of the 20th century.

Furthermore, decoration and embroidery in this collection are enhanced with cinematic references, such as the Nibelung costumes featured in Alessandro Blasetti’s The Iron Crown (1941), which engage in a dialogue with contemporary proportions and aesthetic sensibilities, creating a balance between history, myth, and modernity.