Designer Antonio Berardi’s Fall collection for his Berardi line is a hint of Tokyo Mod. You can take that from either the all Asian models on the runway or his strict black and white color palette. This season Berardi keeps to the skinny leg pant strays away from the oversized outerwear trend and keep his outerwear pieces very tailored to the torso and arms. The only print that he used in the collection is Windsor check from last season. The details are in the skirt, they vary in length but the tailoring and styling very strict Berardi. From the opening section the close the looks slowly become more and more edgy. Shifting from the feminine silhouettes done in masculine prints like the Windsor check and finally coming severe androgyny with biker jackets and skinny leg pants worn with boots. One of the strongest pieces in the collection is a black cashmere/wool coat. The opening of the coat is trimmed in a stripe of dark gray wool and the coat sleeves and torso are tailored tight.

The key pieces from the collection are Berardi’s outerwear pieces. The must have piece from the collection is a cropped waist black biker jacket. The message is a little lost in this collection. While I understood the whole modern mod mixed with the downtown chic. The collection fell victim to the NY curse of “the sea of the same”. Missing is the adventure or experimentation Berardi is known for! While there are several classic pieces in the collection there was only a handful “wow” pieces. Certainly Berardi could have used more leather outerwear pieces in the collection.

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