Beatrice Borromeo redefined “elegance”, at the 2025 Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week with a pearl buttoned velvet balloon jacket. In an age where elegance is reduced to a “safe-card”, her look is a visual feast and a dialogue on power and aesthetics.
- According to WGSN 2024 Trend Report searches for velvet materials have increased by 73% on an annual basis, and sales of pearls accessories have increased by 58% on the luxury market.
- Her styling team revealed the design of this jacket was inspired by “New Look” from the 1940s. However, the combination of metal details and pearl buttons gave it a more contemporary edge;
In less than 24 hours following the end of fashion week, Beatrice’s look on Instagram received more than 1.8 millions interactions.
Beatrice’s black velvet jacket tells us that elegance doesn’t have to compromise. Behind her look is the desire of women to “reshape their identity” – how can one redefine themselves in an age of overflowing symbolism?
Beatrice, who sat in the front row at Dior’s show with a pearl-button jacket, broke the stereotype of “elegance being only formal”.
- Her stylist revealed that it took six months to design this look, and that the pearl buttons were adjusted 12 different times just to find a balance between “power and softness”.
A “Vogue” commentator noted that her outfit perfectly interpreted the aesthetics of a “sexy, authoritative coexistence”. This is the exact self-image that Generation Z woman are most eagerly expressing.
“Elegance does not exist in a static state, but is a flowing expression of power and beauty.”
