Loro Piana

14 of Loro Piana's 125 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Italy.

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  Kashmir shawl / pashmina · India · South Asia4 looks

  Italy → India

  “Soft brushed fine-wool shawl with plain field, ornate paisley border and fringed ends, rolled as a strapped bag; recalls Kashmir shawl format, though possibly a Western paisley throw.”

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  Cordobes hat · Spain · European folk & regional dress2 looks

  Italy → Spain

  “Black felt hat with a flat-topped cylindrical crown and stiff, flat, very wide brim. This is the cordobés shape, with the brim exaggerated in proportion.”

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  Papakha / cossack fur hat · Russia · European folk & regional dress2 looks

  Italy → Russia

  “Tall brimless cylindrical hat in curly astrakhan-like fur, the papakha form worn in Russia and the Caucasus; it could also read as a generic winter fur hat.”

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  Mevlevi sikke (dervish felt hat) · Turkey · Middle East & North AfricaLook 33

  Italy → Turkey

  “Tall, rigid, camel felt hat with a truncated-cone shape that flares slightly, closely recalling the Mevlevi dervish sikke.”

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  Banarasi brocade · India · South AsiaLook 54

  Italy → India

  “Black ground with metallic copper-gold supplementary weft roundels in diagonal repeat; striped border panel near hem resembling a sari pallu/border.”

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  Cossack fur hat / papakha · Russia · European folk & regional dressLook 66

  Italy → Russia

  “Tall brimless cylindrical black fur hat with a flat crown, worn low on the brow, in the Cossack papakha shape.”

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  Adras / atlas ikat · Central Asian (unspecified) · Central AsiaLook 28

  Italy → Central Asian (unspecified)

  “Motifs with blurred, feathered edges imitate warp-ikat bleeding, with curling hook and heart forms in brown and black. Could also read as Indian or Southeast Asian ikat, or animal print.”

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  Chinese silk brocade · East Asian (unspecified) · East AsiaLook 56

  Italy → East Asian (unspecified)

  “Dark green silk-like ground with large gold metallic chrysanthemum and foliage brocade, typical of Chinese or Japanese brocades; chrysanthemum motif could equally read as Japanese kimono brocade.”