Online - May 08, 2007

Family Giuls

Giulia Piersanti Knits

True, April showers bring May flowers. 

But seeing as the only thing any Mayflowers ever brought was a bunch of pasty pilgrims, don’t break out the bikini just yet.

In the meantime, embrace sweater weather and Giulia Piersanti’s new springtime knits.

Using super-soft lightweight cashmere and cotton in a palette of peach, lavender, gold, gray, and black, these are perfect dresses, loose tanks, flirty shorts, and kimono-sleeve V-neck tops you’ll want to live in. And if you’re the type to purr over animal prints, then you’ll probably want to give the magnified leopard print pieces a permanent home.

Making these pieces is no easy task — it takes real skill to fashion an entire collection on hand-operated knit machines. (Chops like that could only come from doing time at Miu Miu, Martine Sitbon, and Costume National.) So bring one along whenever it might be wise to cover up.

Like, say, when those May flowers bring June bugs.

Available at shopatmilk.com. To see styles, go to giuliapiersanti.com.