Rita Levi-Montalcini is a 102-year Italian neurologist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1986. And she is the unlikely inspiration collection spring / summer 2012 from Fendi. Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi felt it was the perfect embodiment of the very particular kind of woman they wanted to celebrate Milanese: practical, serious, elegant, academic and possibly a little sport in their day-to-day.
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Structured pieces and transparencies invaded the runway of the new Fendi, which also brought stripes of various colors and sizes sharing the space with flowers, fur coats and knitwear in a pack that includes shades of blue, white and black. And if it once was in tune on this collection, nothing could be more interesting than the frameless sunglasses inside a sport-chic minimalist style, embellished by the reflection of gold leaf covering the eye lids.
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See also Michael Kors Sunglasses Spring 2012