The Exotic manga of GCDS
In the shadow of a giant dinosaur, Giuliano Calza gives his audience of fans a collection that mixes teenage memories, manga psychedelia and Hawaiian suggestions with guaranteed commercial success Irreverent, ironic, sometimes unscrupulous, the GCDS collection for spring summer 2020 is a hilarious manga…
Marcelo Burlon County of Milan Fall 2019
The highlight was the looks daubed in airbrush-style fantasy fairground scapes by Swiss artist Dexter Maurer As the world ponders the future of sportswear, Marcelo Burlon’s riposte was a fun, anything goes, mix-and-match approach drawing on his reading of the traveler aesthetic. “Visually, they…
Prada’s Fetishistic Resistance
Miuccia turned her show into an intricate confrontation between liberation and conservatism, resulting in the most intense collection of the season Miuccia Prada is angry. The woman has props in political activism, after all, and right now we’re gazing into the maw of…
Gianni Versace, the genius of fashion, goes to auction
In Chicago “The genius of Gianni Versace: A collection of his iconic 90s designs” Gianni Versace was a great Italian fashion. A dreamer who managed to capture the fruits of so many hopes. The nineties have revered him for his ability to tell a decade…
MIPEL Tailor Made, the first edition is underway
EVERYTHING READY FOR MIPEL TAILOR MADE AMONG YOUNG REALITY AND GREAT CONFIRMATION It was already discussed in July, coinciding with the official presentation of the project, and today Mipel Tailor Made has taken shape. The event, now in its 114th edition, will be showcased…
Armani forecasts two more years of falling sales, profits
Italian fashion brand Giorgio Armani, which posted falling sales and profits last year, warned on Thursday that revenues and margins will continue to slide for the next two years before the company returns to growth in 2020. The group, along with its peers, is facing…
Giambattista Valli’s ‘Ghetto Girls’
The collection did not make the slightest concession to the streetwear winds that have swept fashion of late, but it felt energetic and upbeat nonetheless A girl in a bra top and rolled-up, banana-shaped trousers, her face veiled by a net, her eyebrow marked…
The Dark Side of Fendi
Silvia Venturini Fendi constantly makes the normal special and for her latest collection, full of playfully demonic pieces, the designer delivered once again. In recent years, Silvia Venturini Fendi has fashioned the menswear of Fendi into one of Milan’s outstanding presences, shaping it into…
The Garden of Stella McCartney
Models mingled with guests at the designer’s garden party, where her soft and welcoming men’s and women’s wear was a highlight of the Milanese season Stella McCartney knows how to throw a garden party. It’s all about the location, of course, but also about…
Bottega Veneta Names New Creative Director
The British designer, recently director of ready-to-wear at Céline, begins July 1 Bottega Veneta has appointed Daniel Lee its new creative director. He succeeds Tomas Maier, who stepped down on Wednesday after 17 years Lee, who was most recently director of ready-to-wear at Céline, begins in…