Of the many terms you could use to describe Aneeth Arora’s Péro, bland is never among the vocabulary. Aneeth and her team have a penchant for the extraordinary, transforming elements as pedestrian as a seam or a pleat into marvels of the human hand. They can, and will, go the extra mile with their designs–whether that is hand-enameling their buttons, embroidering french knots along every hem, or delicately beading a print to add an additional layer of texture. This is a brand that is delightfully maximal and better for it: within their exuberant florals and thoughtful details we find a joy unbridled.
This season, Péro sought a particularly playful inspiration for their designs–the French cartoon, Barbapapa, first illustrated by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor in 1970. Its story centers around a shapeshifting sweetheart born from a garden “like a flower,” with a mission to make the lives of those around him more pleasant and wonderful–not unlike Aneeth’s guiding force. In concert with this influence, Péro titled their latest collection Hullabaloove, a portmanteau of “hullabaloo” and “love.” Within every stitch, Aneeth fosters a similar commotion of fondness.
“Structure as posture. Posture as manner. Manner as structure… [Turning] the ephemeral into the permanent, like noting down thoughts on paper…. It really wouldn’t be Péro without flowers. Quilted peonies and beaded plumeria stretch across the collection. Their florals are a reinterpretation of the vintage motifs of their spring delivery, rendered in a richer palette of chocolate and pink. The bouquets bloom across classical textiles, such as Chanderi Silk and Harris Tweed. On a very special jacket, a field of embroidered daisies float over a soft woolen finish. As said by the French Impressionist Claude Monet, and endured by Péro, “I must have flowers, always, and always.”
