In the sun-drenched, baking courtyard just outside our Padua shop, among pastel walls and porticos, the colours of an ongoing summer season blend together. Clothes, hats, bags and shoes, all suitable for sultry weather without giving up your grace and originality.

Follow Sari‘s proposals and find out how to wear design clothes and be really feminine …even on sale!

Cauliflower Issey Miyake washed cotton dress, printed with graphic design, featuring a gathered bodice, wide round neck with drawstring, just above knee length, sleeveless, relaxed fit

Trippen thong sandal with doubled soft elk leather straps, ankle strap with velcro fastening, padded footbed

Scha hat in twisted seagrass

Y’s Yohji Yamamoto dress in heavy cotton gauze with shaped bodice and flare skirt, double wrapped straps, side zip fastening, curved hem, calf length shorter at side

Scha hat in double sinamay and cotton

Y’s Yohji Yamamoto hobo bag in treated calf leather, snap fastening, interior pockets, one with zip, fully lined

Marsèll “goccia” treated kangaroo leather lace-up style shoes, open toe, no lace, contrast tone rubber heel

Sacai dress with cotton jersey top and broderie anglaise skirt, low round neck with satin trim, short sleeves, drop drawstring waist and gathered skirt, side pockets, relaxed fit, light grey/white colour

Scha gold coated linen beret, knit cotton edge and lining

Peter Non sabot, Birkenstock style sole, broderie anglais cotton upper, suede lace

Rick Owens light jersey dress in double layer, low round neck, shoulder straps, gathered at the front and back, side slit pockets, self tie belt, knee length

Lgr Lunettes woman’s sun-glasses with shaded grey photochromatic lenses; frame in flexible acetate by Mazzucchelli and lenses by Barberini.

Issey Miyake lengthened pumpkin shape flexible bag in polyester satin with glass coating leather details and shoulder strap, drawstring and magnetic fastener, interior zipped pocket, full lining

Trippen flat wooden platform sandal, single strap across the toes and an ankle strap with rivet and holes closure, calf leather

Pleats Please Issey Miyake pleated jersey dress with stripe design undertone at the back, low round neck, sleeveless, just above knee length

Lgr Lunettes sun-glasses in the style of Onassis with frame in flexible acetate by Mazzucchelli and shaded photochromatic lenses by Barberini ideal for drivers.

Trippen flat wooden platform sandal, single strap across the toes and an ankle strap with rivet and holes closure, calf leather

Cosmic Wonder flowers print patch cotton dress, square neckline with gathered detail, spaghetti straps, elasticated band at rear, calf length

Scha hat in twisted seagrass

Trippen ankle high sandal with cut out design in calf leather, open toes, buckle fastening, rubber sole

Junya Watanabe lace tunic dress with floral embroidery design, boat neck with centre slash, cropped shoulder with side lace panel gathered on the shoulder falling to the hem at the front and back

Scha boater style hat in parasisal vintage, tight- brimmed, limited edition

Trippen flat wooden platform sandal, single strap across the toes and an ankle strap with rivet and holes closure, calf leather

photo by COOL & CHIC STYLE FASHION blog

There is an unexpected concession to the exuberant iridescence of the natural world in the collection for Spring/Summer 2012 by Junya Watanabe, a longtime collaborator of Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, known for his enchanting and complex post-modern reworking of themes and an inexhaustible ability to transform industrial materials into sculptural pieces to be worn.

The new season will be carried in by impassive human faces in symbiotic metamorphosis with bold headgear of tropical feathers, suggesting the surreal beauty of a hybrid and accessory humanity, scaled down by the irrepressible forces of nature.

Macramé lace dresses and tops adorned with bright flowers on asymmetrical layers of fabric and far more tortuous structures of short synthetic leather boleros combine to evoke lush floral pageantry.

photo by Sari Milan

photo by COOL & CHIC STYLE FASHION blog

photo by COOL & CHIC STYLE FASHION blog

photo by COOL & CHIC STYLE FASHION

The somewhat androgynous and clearly modern footwear lines enclosed in stringently waterproof cuts, however, manage to keep the collection within the highly recognizable standards of style.

photo by COOL & CHIC STYLE FASHION blog

photo by COOL & CHIC STYLE FASHION blog

Watanabe does not create abstract intellectual speculations, but rather absorbs and translates, filtering the stresses of the real world with an imaginary and ultra-modern sensibility. One year after the terrible earthquake that shook Japan, these prosperous and recurring natural elements, far from signaling an unlikely conversion to exotic themes, look like a plausible and fervent tribute to the surprising vitality of the self-regenerating forces of nature.

Come and see Junya Watanabe’s newest collection at IVO MILAN!

And on YouTube you can view scenes from the Junya Watanabe fashion show

Many thanks go out to Stefania Motta of COOL & CHIC STYLE FASHION for allowing us to use this wonderful footage!

In producing her clothes and fabrics, Aneet moves from the steady belief that the new trends can be found amongst the colours, matches and style of local people, who are to be considered the actual trendsetters of modern time.

She believes that it is pointless to follow the change of fashion with the seasons; it’s much better to work out and be inspired by the rich natural world that surrounds us everyday.

In her case, the surrounding world is the very vast Indian subcontinent, an endless galaxy of cultures that have been living side by side for centuries, testing and exchanging incredible skills in terms of fabrics and colours.

Péro takes her inspiration from these ancient local traditions, and creates items that are extremely complex from a technical point of view, where colours and materials take their shape at the same time, being patiently knitted by the loom. Precious, high quality cotton and silk are used that give every piece a great value, whilst the handmade production  makes every item of clothing unique, far from any industrial series production.

The patterns can be knitted by the loom or created using small handmade wooden stamps, and tiny details, such as buttons, reveal to be made of precious silver.

The large and comfortable lines show Aneet’s peculiar ability to integrate a clearly ethnic inspiration with modern, cosmopolitan elements, that are outlined by the frequent use of asymmetric patterns and light juxtapositions.

In this global era, Péro proposes unquestionably interesting and original clothes, but first of all represents an excellent example of refined contaminations that are not to be missed.