The Tod’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection appears to be a return to the brand’s sources. Creative director Andrea Icontri turned towards the designs imagined by Diego Della Valle’s grandfather as his primary inspiration. A woodworked table distills a number of color shades within a collection imagined as an ode to leather and the brand’s own craftsmanship....
A historic train from Pullman brought 600 guests to Blenheim Palace. This is how Cruise 2017 by Dior kicked off. Set up within the inner hold of the legendary Blenheim, guests were able to discover a sumptuous collection made of pieces that mix the floral essence of British style with the iconic curves of the...
“I love English aesthetics. In a way, I feel that they approach mine: a pretty chaos, a powerful mixture of past and present,” explains Alessandro Michele. Further consolidating the brand’s neo-traditional grammar, the label’s artistic director is leaving no doubt about his miracle formula: an explosion of color and prints, Wes Anderson-esque looks, British outspokenness,...
The fashion presented by Gucci last week is a fashion that doesn’t worry about what others think. A cascade of showy prints, a plethora of vintage, off-kilter accessories, cuts and fabrics melting together in new ways… The entirety of it superposed within a hysterical equilibrium. This is the formula for Gucci Cruise 2017. “I like...
It looks like Louis Vuitton’s creative director Nicolas Ghesquière is trying to capture all the energy, vitality, and incredible aesthetics of Brazil. Influenced by science fiction and other avant-garde topics, now he’s imagining a romantic cream colored Perfecto. “I think that in this day and age women want to look sophisticated and they also want...
The Cruise collection is a trying tie for any designer and has been so ever since its initial creation in 1920. Far from being a naive or pernicious export of European ideas to the four corners of the Earth, the Cruise runway is au contraire the perfect occasion to incorporate cultural essence, with the place and time...
“To me, that part of the body – not so much the buttocks but the bottom of the spine – that’s the most erotic part of anyone’s body, man or woman” Alexander McQueen.
For the 69th Cannes Film Festival, Wednesday May 11th,Vincent Lacoste is wearing Saint Laurent Iconic Smoking in black powder grain colour, Saint Laurent white cotton poplin shirt and Saint Laurent Oxford shoes in black patent leather.
The Baroque era is making a comeback, and it’s all thanks to Alessandro Michele. Frida Giannini’s ex-right hand man, this Italian designer has never ceased to put Gucci and Milan at the center of a world that seems to have forgotten how much color, fabric, and a hint of improbability constitute the very essence of...
Originally created to protect soldiers from downpours during World War I, the cotton garbardine trench has become one of the British label’s iconic pieces. Revisited with a lining inspired by Scottish tartans, made popular by Humphrey Bogart, this basic of the male wardrobe combines tradition and modernity. With a new customization service, Burberry is continuing...
