In the modern age, real luxury is increasingly characterized by time, ease, and essentiality. For FallWinter 2023, Berluti presents The Great Escape, a collection founded in a refined approach to the reality of contemporary dressing, released in four chapters over the course of the season.
Tailored to the Berluti man, it is a reflection of an instinctive and unconstrained approach to living: an effortless elegance shaped by a dynamic life on the move and the reinvented dress codesfor which it calls, rooted in fine craftsmanship imbued with the soul of the Maison’s history. Anchored in the activity that defines our everyday lives – from travel to sports – the proposal epitomizes the comfort and functionality core to the territory. Through the elevated lens of Berluti, these values manifest in an authentic wardrobe brought to life through the artisanal knowhow embodied by the Maison.
Berluti Presents ‘The Great Escape’
The Fall-Winter 2023 Paris Fashion Week Collection signifies a revitalization of Berluti’s genetics manifested in the debut of the Toile Marbeuf, a new line of handbags inspired by the interiors of the store whose name it carries. The premise informs a visual conversation between the past and future reflected in each of the collection’s releases. Summit Icons, the first launch, stages a conversation between sprezzatura and sport in a wardrobe at once timeless and bold. In Ascend Play, the contemporary sportswear wardrobe is interpreted through the elevated binoculars of Berluti, while Ridge Travel studies a generational approach to tailoring through sporty and functional construction and fabrication. With Peak Point, the Maison adapts its own signatures to a distinctly alpine wardrobe. The release concludes a season proposition distinguished by a diversified evolvement of menswear classics customized to the timelessness, versatility, and boldness synonymous with luxury today.
Release 1: Summit Icons
The first release under The Great Escape, Summit Icons defines and refines ideas of timeless wardrobe staples through a persistently bold disposition. Constructed in silk jersey and new heightened qualities of leather – including a version with the Maison’s embossed Scritto motif – archetypal garments such as perfectos, chore jackets and track pants are enriched with equal parts sprezzatura and sport. They appear in a Berluti-centric colour palette of blues and greens respectively named Indigo Denim and Opuntia that nods to the signature patina of its shoemaking. In turn, the release debuts a new lightweight Trainer sneaker created as a take on a 1960s sports classic, interpreted with supple leather and suede on a textured rubber sole.
Release 2: Ascend Play
The second release under The Great Escape, Ascend Play focuses on the essential contemporary sportswear wardrobe, imbuing a relaxed silhouette with the elegance innate to the Maison. Fleece tracksuits, joggers and logo sweatshirts constructed in suede propose an authentic notion of activewear, while a deerskin varsity jacket and a nylon parka in Berluti’strademark Scritto pattern make the ordinary icons of sporty casualwear extraordinary. Created in supple grained Venezia leather, the release premierstwo newSofty bags: a backpack with a zipped shoe compartment and trolley loop, and a roomy messenger that doubles as a cross-body bag, both adorned with the Scritto-engraved Tuck metal closure.
Release 3: Ridge Travel
The third release under The Great Escape, Ridge Travel exemplifies the meeting between artisanal and technological craftsmanship at the heart of contemporary luxury. Cut in a relaxed tailoring silhouette, it is a union illustrated in stretch cashmere suits, engineered leather jackets, and intricate knitwear retained in neutral colours. The palette creates a backdrop for the newToile Marbeuf handbags. Framed in shades of brown Venezia leather evoking the boiserie and club chairs found in the Maison’s storied boutique on rue Marbeuf, the six editions feature in lightly coated refined cotton and linen canvas emblazoned with a new take on the Scritto motif informed by the one forged in the entrance grid of the store as well as the balustrade of its staircase. The bags appear alongside the emblematic Shadow sneaker constructed in sporty knits or cashmere.
Release 4: Peak Point
The final release under The Great Escape, Peak Point amplifies the archetypes of the weatherproof winter wardrobe through advanced craftsmanship and construction. Painted in a warm palette inherent to the house, knitwear and casually tailored trousers in fine wools are overlaid with super-refined padded outerwear including a lightweight down blouson crafted in supple patinated leather. A new interpretation of Berluti’s emblematic Brunico lace-up boot – also adapted into a shoe version – in patina leather embossed with the Scritto motif morphs the codes of hiking and formality, while a new take on the Ultima boot lined in shearling introduces an alpine spirit to the Maison’s boot-making. It is echoed in a shearling-lined Toujours XL tote bag in deerskin inspired by traditional bomber jackets. Finally, the wintry spirit manifests in bags created in Loden wools.
About Berluti
Berluti was established in Paris in 1895 and has been built by four generations of shoemakers. In 2005 fine leather goods were introduced and, in 2011, a complete clothing collection. A unique bespoke service from head to toe is now available through Berluti’s workshopsin rue Marbeuf and rue de Sèvres. Berluti now has over 60 stores worldwide.
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