EXAMPLES OF MODELS DESIGNED BY CENTINARO AND ROSSI.




Initials AK/V/MR/BB


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Background: BLUE SKIES, CROWDED SALONS AND ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCES HAVE ACCOMPANIED THE FASHION SHOWS IN ROME THIS YEAR. ELEGANT AND WEARABLE CLOTHES HAVE EMPHASISED THE FEMININE LOOK WHICH HAS OWN GENERAL APPROVAL.

NATIVE TO THE ROME DESIGNERS IS A SENSE OF ELEGANCE, A DELIGHT IN TEXTURE AND COLOURS. THESE ARE TYPIFIED BY THE COLLECTIONS SHOWN BY THE TWO HOUSES OF CLARA CENTINARO AND TITA ROSSI.

THE FASHION WORLD SAYS THAT NOTHING CAN BE SMARTER THAN BLACK AND WHITE -- A TRUTH THAT TITA ROSSI UTILISES IN A MATCHING COAT AND DRESS. THE ROMAN TOUCH CAME WITH JEWELLED BUTTONS.

FOR THE EVENING, SIGNORA ROSSI WON APPLAUSE WITH A COCKTAIL DRESS IN SEA BLUE. PARTICULARLY EYE-CATCHING WAS THE BIG SAILOR COLLAR OF OSTRICH FEATHERS.

CLARA CENTINARO CARRIED THROUGH THE FEMININE, YOUTHFUL LOOK WITH TUNIC DRESS. A SILK PANEL IN GREEN AND PINK REFLECTED A LARGE DRAMATIC HAT IN PINK ORGANDIE.

SOPHISTICATED ROME WELCOMED A BLACK COCKTAIL DRESS AND SCARF COMPLETELY EMBROIDERED. ANOTHER DRESS HAD DAHLIAS AT HEM AND NECK GIVING AN UNUSUAL TOUCH.

OTHER CENTINARO DESIGNS CARRIED THROUGH THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S SHOW. MATERIALS RATHER THAN THE STYLE SEEM TO BE MORE IMPORTANT. LINEN IS SAID TO BE THE STAR OF THE SEASON. SEVERAL SMART SUITS IN THIS MATERIAL AT THE CENTINARO COLLECTION GOT WARM RECEPTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE.