Lavishness Has Levity at Tod's Spring 2019 Show

If you are from New England, you might prefer to hide your wealth in the trunk of your beat-up Volvo, or under the weathered clapboards of your seaside cottage. If you are from Tod's Italy, you might prefer to hide flaunt your wealth in absolutely any way possible, from head to toe and back again. Fringed snakeskin moccasins (with a matching blazer)? Of course. A cinched thigh-high coat of snake and suede? Why not! Patchwork was a theme here—tuxedo pants and bomber jackets were striped with contrasting leathers, one model wore an intarsia knit sweater. But transformation was a theme, too. One top that looked like intarsia was actually stitched-together leather. A diaphanous silky skirt wasn't silk at all. Instead, a feat of leathered draping. And yet, at Tod's, opulence doesn't feel stiff or stuffy. Worn in plain sight, and reimagined in creative shapes, lavishness has levity.