Throughout the collection, the play on elegant, flattering volumes was given substance by sumptuous fabrics like duchesse, taffeta, radzimir, and silk faille, cut into egg-shaped or kimono opera coats or long trapeze dresses.
The opening look of Rochas’s Fall collection was a tailored pantsuit, quite a departure for a label focused on occasion dressing. Alessandro Dell’Acqua kept that more pragmatic approach going for Resort; yet, Rochas being a French house with an ingrained sense of chic and Dell’Acqua being an Italian designer with a penchant for the embellished hyper-feminine, the practical side was filtered through a slightly couture-ish lens, rounded off with a touch of modern opulence.