Despite always having ethnic connotations and bright colors, the poncho has been able to conquer even
the most refined fashion because of its simplicity, versatility, and the endless interpretations to which it
offers itself. As was the case in the 1940s and 1950s, when the great couturiers began to propose the
poncho to accompany the most elegant looks of their fashion shows, so today ROCCO RAGNI has also given its simply chic version, according to a style that has always outlined all its creations.
Rocco Ragni’s signature poncho 2.0
Rocco Ragni’s pullover-poncho for Fall/Winter 2023-24 originates in his Bottega Perugina, a jewel of a
company in the hamlet of Compresso, in the hands of twenty or so artisans of excellence and beauty, who
shape it using the finest yarns. Made of light, warm and super-soft cashmere, it is a soft embrace to be
wrapped in when the air gets cooler and the mood, which usually veers toward melancholy at this time of
year, needs something extremely beautiful and comfortable to be able to cope with the best of days that
grow longer, skies that gray. In Rocco Ragni’s vision, the poncho loses all its ethno colors and is tinged with
milk white, a sophisticated shade that colors much of the new collection, infusing its precious fabrics with a
warm light full of grace.
The pullover-poncho is worn with your eyes closed, simply tucked in (an extraordinary plus when autumn
laziness assails you!) and is interpreted both as a knit to be worn on the skin and as a sui generis outerwear. Thanks to the ideal fineness of the yarn and the meticulous study of proportions, it falls like a glove on the silhouette or over thin shirts and turtlenecks. You can overlay it nonchalantly even over a pantsuit jacket, you can surprise everyone by pairing it with comfortable jogger pants, you can exploit it to make the usual pair of jeans more sophisticated. You can even wear it over a miniskirt or a flowing, slinky evening dress: its discreet bangs, hand-knotted one by one, will sway with you from dawn to late night, accompanying you into the new season at the pace of a most elegant dance.
