Royal humour | Season Trends

Great celebration at the king’s court: cardboard ladies and vain little princes, decked out in starched lace, powdered wigs and fake tiaras, set off in full pomp, accompanied by carriages, horses and lackeys. On arrival at the palace, they stroll through splendid corridors and majestic rooms, one after the other, until they reach the most sumptuous hall decorated with triumphs of silver-plated, lace, tassels and polka-dot fabrics. In the centre, on a pompous sugar-bread banquet, imposing papier-mâché cloches cover exquisite dishes of plastic and artificial fruit. An atmosphere between dream and fairytale – part Dali, part Alice in Wonderland – accompanies us in a theme that also feels like a jest. A regal, grandiose and magniloquent style amuses us with its irreverent and somewhat provocative manner. Through a pictorial, mocking, at times derisory language made up of agglomerates and collages, the most pompous and vainglorious Baroque is reborn, filtered through a contemporary sensibility using everyday objects. Receipts, rollers, ceremonial cakes are charged with an artistic dimension, becoming true fetishes. Sarcastic mannerisms, mocking attitudes and funny expressions load up places and characters with sarcasm to the point of improbability. It is an invitation to gloss over forms, to mock facades, with irony and lightness. To rediscover a playful dimension where anything can happen: beautifully posed anthropomorphic creatures, queens popping bubble-gum balloons, parades of masked noblewomen, tea cups out of context. Plus, improbable sets, cardboard wings, pop-up theatres, giant frogs and chickens. At the end, curtain.

Research: Anna Maroncelli for Autumn/Winter 2027.28 season.

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