Perret Schaad is standard dressing for smart girls. The young design duo use a painterly palette recalling Paul Klee's sharp and clean colours. Their forms are geometric, yet yielding and soft. They like to layer well-draped materials and envelop bodies in brilliant colour combinations. It is an ideal label for gallerinas and academics eager to look polished and confident yet unconsumed with corporeal concerns. The label's real contribution to wearers is the opportunity to utterly forget about their clothes. The garments are striking but undemanding. This season was no different. The fabrics were artfully combined to highlight contrasts between shimmery synthetics and richly-hued linens and organic materials. One particular ruby and silver combination can generously carry a woman of any age throughout her day without distracting her from heady concerns.
by Ana Finel Honigman
