Alessandro Dell’Acqua wasn’t talking muses or movies backstage at Rochas today, as he tends to do. He had one word on his mind: elegance.

Alessandro Dell’Acqua wasn’t talking muses or movies backstage at Rochas today, as he tends to do. He had one word on his mind: elegance. Chez Rochas circa 2017, elegance equates to midi dresses, portrait-collar coats, nude knee-high stockings, and pointy pumps with inset heels. It was retro, but not anachronistically so; there’s a lot of feeling for the ’40s and ’50s this season, which was the last time that women were quite so dedicated to dressing up in this style.

ROCHAS FALL 2017 READY-TO-WEAR - N. Phelps, Vogue Runway