MILAN, Sep 28, 2009 / FW/ — With the Italian Riviera and the Sahara Desert as his inspiration for Spring 2010, Giorgio Grati brought the different shades of blue of the Mediterranean front and center while he also conveyed the romance of the oasis with palm prints and tribal motif.

Giorgio Grati Spring 2010

With blue lines printed on soft cotton sweaters reminiscent of the fishermen in a game of inlay creates a fresh and stylish contrast, the soft georgette fabrics were given frills and ruffles that turns the Sahara into a romantic enclave.

Proposing jacquard organza as a new material, the term “elegant” become synonymous with “cool”, and thus making it also youthful.

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