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The summer season is definitely upon us with temperatures averaging a scorching 41 or 42 degrees every day….it’s enough to make anyone wish for winter!
Swiss luxury brand Bally has heard the call loud and clear and is prepping ladies with the launch of its 2018 autumn and winter collection featuring beautiful bags, slick-styles shoes and bold outerwear.
The Bally Woman line is for the urban traveler that poses an unhindered spirit. The girl dressed in these designs has a 1970s charm with a sporty ease and carefree attitude.
The collection is strongly trans-seasonal (if you’re about to visit the chill zone at the cinema or five-star restaurant) with unisex allure and a continued sense of fluidity. It also includes loose, unstructured outerwear, layered over knitwear and zip tops in youthful self-expression.
The designs retain a fresh, young, sporty attitude with a synergy that follows on from the labels spring and summer 2018 line. Shoes play on the boundary between dress and casual wear while accessories are easy to carry.
The collection was inspired by an advertising image of two women dressed in a racing bird print and the motif is reflected throughout symbolising the journey – both as a narrative for the collection and of Bally’s own.
Logos are repeated throughout dating back to the early 1920s through to the 1950s and 1970s, revived from archival typography and graphics. The stripe signifier is reinterpreted in arrow form inspired by Bally’s elastic ribbons from 1840.
The palette is vintage and muted composed of jean, dusty rose, ochre, snuff, bone and Bally red flashed with stronger tones of canary yellow, lobster, marine blue and corvette red. As for the materials, they are a juxtaposition of suede, light double wool and moleskin.
The line also features designs created using Japanese washed cottons worn with shearling, light leather skins and PVC. Macro graphic check, croco printed leather and bird jacquard have been added for texture purposes.
The focus for the shoes is the Super Smash design which was first seen in its retro sneaker collection but inspired by a slightly later model from 1978. The bestselling babouche theme is updated with a pointed toe last and fur trim which incorporates the Bally stripe as well as a new boot, which evolves the story of ‘Janelle’ – Bally’s renowned flat.
Cecyle is the new bag shape featuring the Bally stripe in arrow form in printed croco and with Bally stripe detail. The retro Slam collection of bowling bags is also featured in two sizes and bold colour-ways of lobster and jean with contrast piping. The Sommet and B-Turn styles also receive sporty updates.
The ready-to-wear line is led by strong outerwear silhouettes including double breasted coats, hooded duffles and leather jackets alongside fur and shearling. High-waisted leather and flared trousers are worn with hooded tops and knitted turtlenecks. A-line leather and suede skirts are softened by silk-wool print pyjamas.
The outerwear also leads the collection with bonded nappa leather jackets, techno fabric puffers, hooded cotton corduroy, single breasted coats in check and tweed and a shearling bomber. Suede leather zip and crew necks are worn with wool belted trousers. Corduroy, cotton straight cut and mix cotton jacquard tracksuit bottoms are complemented by suede knitwear and zip sweaters.
Bally’s shoes and bags can be snapped up at Jashanmal department store in Al Aali Shopping Complex.
