Casadei General S/S 2014 Collection English Subtitles

CASADEI S/S 2014
Marrakesh Meets Sensual Modernism

The Moroccan Berber culture and its decorative art. The allure and dangerous sensuality of the divas of American noir. Suggestions, materials and constructions in a modernist spirit. Cesare Casadei's new Spring/Summer 2014 collection takes us on a special journey that melds the atmospheres and cultures of faraway places to create a balance of novel surprise.

The point of departure is the eclectic cultural richness of Morocco and the aesthetic universe that changes continuously from north to south. The colour palette dips into exclusively natural hues, such as white, sand, nude and gold. The burnished silver finishings are transformed into aged golden leathers, etched and coupled with micro-chains. Pitch black kohl tattoos the leather borders as if to underscore their seductive gaze. Mirrored surfaces envelope the backs of the uppers like shields. The intricate, three-dimensional minaret designs give the heels a sculptured effect and inspire the patterns of the carved skins, mounted on a mesh that veils the foot like a fishnet stocking.

In fact, it's the allure of a film noir diva, as if the exotic citation could turn into something else entirely. And so, the pump makes its comeback but with a modern, tapered twist in a game of transparencies that pays homage to the dark ladies spawned by the imagination of James Ellroy, the writer that wrote about the dark side of 1950s Los Angeles.

The structures herald a new modernism, a desire for more simple volumes and heights and an unusual lightness. The plateaus hidden in single soles give a gliding impetus to body posture. As airy as a glass of champagne, the fluted heel of the lower models give them unexpected élan, while the line of spectacular sculpture-effect flats adds the final touch to this highly sophisticated collection.