Sophisticated  combination The Salvatore Ferragamo woman will embrace Spring/Summer 2012 with a sophisticated accessory range that will give her a very stylish and elegant look. Shoes: A style based on extraordinary balance of contrast and dictated by the maison’s DNA, its sophisticated combination of raw and precious materials, natural textures and metal detailing, neutral colours lit up by chromatic fireworks.
A refined flavour of Art Déco blends with a passion for patchwork, for mix & match orchestrated with virtuoso craftsmanship. This is reflected in the wedge featuring a mosaic upper, which is inlaid completely by hand, in the sandal with a mirror-finish gold heel, in the hollowed-out suede wedge with thin chains applied one by one or in the wedge with a sophisticated interweaving of chains and raffia.
Gold is this collection’s leitmotif, tingeing the chains on the faded ballerinas, the sleek, graphic style sandals, and the ultra-flat sandals. It also colours the geometrical heels of sculpted sandals that wrap the foot in plaited uppers and the cylindrical heels of the Raw Cut and Fiocco Selleria lines. Or again, it adds a metallic lustre to the leather used in the Capri-style thongs and espadrillas.
Bon ton allure, two-tone effects and ongoing variations on the Vara theme, that exclusive grosgrain braid or bow decoration that becomes an integral part of a shoe’s structure.
Printed calf, suede, natural hides, raw-cut materials and metallized effects. Lace, patent leather and metal, sometimes combining with rope, raffia and cork. Exotic skins: python and crocodile from Louisiana. Gilt chains, new buckles quoting the “Gancio” motif. The colour palette explores a range of blues, with elegant nuances of silver, jeans, white and black, and also some sophisticated neutral tones injected with energetic hues such as Pivoine (peony) and Clementine.
Bags:
Luxury here is a sumptuous play of textures, the fruit of consummate craftsmanship.
Exquisite karung alongside suede and velour, nappa leather alternating with plaited hides to form sophisticated inlaid bucket bags. Ample volumes and relaxed allure define shoulder bags made of soft, fluidly feeling nappa. For the evening, croco or nappa maxi-clutches in surprising fun colours. Beige, sky blue and soft metallized hues have been chosen for life in town. While tropical atmospheres characterize the icon bags for summer: natural tones with warm flashes of Clementine, Apricot and gold.
The more classic models sport the voluptuous lightness of buffalo, natural grain Safari calf or Tissu calf for the tailored details. New moods are created by the introduction of lightweight materials, such as the straw-effect Panama-print fabric used exotic effect on the beach bags.
Python skins are given a powdery, subtly opaque appearance, crocodile takes on a silky hand in the super-luxury versions: a tote and a shoulder bag with corners formed by gold inserts. Gold runs through the entire collection in a profusion of buckles, charms, chains and details. Soft hobos and shoppers discover the sophistication of Tressé: slightly irregular wave-like plaiting is combined with wooden handles with tiny gilt studs, or becomes a decorative element on impalpable nappa. And lastly, the new Gancio Timeless collection, an exclusive mix of sophisticated lines, matte calfskins and hand-stitching that perpetuates the maison’s emblem of eternal elegance.
Silk and Fashion Jewellery:
An elegant passe-partout to tie on your bag, put round your neck or waist or even wear, nonchalantly, as a top? It’s the silk scarf, revived in a world of vibrant colours and a mix & match of techniques and evocations. What’s more, the classic 90x90 cm format has been joined by 70x70 and 50x50 cm sizes.
The intensity of the blues, azures and aubergines, energetic touches of red, orange, fuchsia and green, and the softness of the pastel tones produce backgrounds of luminous energy for the pictorial prints.
A magical aura emanates from the shapes of animals made up of flower petals: big cats from the savannah, hypnotic owls, dragons and mythological creatures from the seas, signs of the Zodiac. Exclusive new patchworks and patterns blend with the iconic themes of the Salvatore Ferragamo universe in visionary, dreamlike scenarios. Shoes and bags from the Ferragamo Museum, views of Florence and Palazzo Spini Feroni, “Gancino” motifs and good luck charms. Art and fashion, experienced in passionate unison, in the purest tradition of the Florentine maison. A procession that starts with silk twill, which is joined along the way by prestige fabrics such as chiffon and silk satin, linen, cotton and the finest cashmere, and results in shawls, stoles and scarves decorated for summer evenings, cushions and kaftans with exclusive prints.