Max Mara, Pre Fall Winter 2022, 2023, The Looks

Max Mara, Pre Fall Winter 2022, 2023, The Looks Always impeccably clad in a bespoke Savile Row pinstripe suit, Max Maras longserving creative director Ian Griffiths is a gentleman of the oldworld kind. When congratulated on his immaculate look, he graciously demurred. I feel a bit constricted though. Theres an Italian saying that goes one must suffer to be beautiful, but it surely doesnt apply to Max Maras intelligent design, which is all about making women both beautiful and comfortableno suffering necessary. Intelligent was a recurring term in Griffithss conversation, emphasizing a common quality pertaining to what he called the collections three witnesses. Theyre women of substance, he said. How else to describe Fran Lebowitz, Patti Smith, and the young Kaia Gerber if not as being all gifted with abundant intellect, talent, and wit Theyre also defined by an individual sense of style, which relates to the classy essentiality of traditional masculine tropes. Classic does