Trends: a return to romance

After Paris in January, haute couture has come to Rome with AltaRoma. Runways are graced by the fall/winter 2015-2016 collections of great Italian labels like Renato Balestra, which proposes a romantic woman swathed in ethereal tulle, feather-light fabrics, glitter and lace.Dresses that recall Grace Kelly with a wink at the Fifties and Sixties for elegance that is never showy but totally whispered. And all in pursuit of extreme lightness, also for atelier Gattinoni and young emerging stylists like Lebanon’s Rani Zakhem, who presented creations with flowing lines and draped silks. The future nods at romance. There’s no doubt about it.