VANESSA BRUNO

Feature: Vanessa Bruno. Parisian born-designer, Vanessa Bruno, takes a multi-cultural approach to her F/W line. Exporting her brand of cool-French-girl minimalism to Russia, Bruno styled her models to look like modern-day czarinas in high-waisted, strictly tailored suits complete with military details and feathered, Siberian-style hats. Turns out she was thinking of another country altogether: Romania. "I was thinking of Dracula's bride and wanted the cut and structure of the garment to have that 'moth' feeling'...The mix of colors—navy, cream, mauve, and gray—were chosen for the same reason."