The first ever trench coat was designed by Charles Macintosh, a chemist, and inventor, in 1820. Until World War I, the trench coat used to be the uniform of militaries and a social class marker. Then Thomas Burberry reinvented it and made it one of the most fashionable and timeless must-haves. In the 20th century, the trench coat was considered the raincoat of the seductive and assertive woman, comfortable with her masculine side.
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Never stereotyped polymorphous, the aesthetic autonomy of the white shirt allowed it to sail through trends and history.
Jeans are definitely one of the essential pieces to have in our wardrobe nowadays. It is a genuine white canvas on which designers, actors, and dressmakers add new significations each new season. Here is a selection of jeans you will probably want to get for the return of the summer holidays.
Artistic Director Walter Chiapponi has placed Gommino Tod in the aesthetic footsteps of artist Peter Beard – in a collection that blends savannah with the sensuality of Italian summer! “I imagined an Italian holiday in August, when it is very hot in the Soyleone and the light is so bright it almost blinding. This is...
“I started working at Jacques Fath’s when I was seventeen. The six years that followed I had the pleasure of joining Robert Piguet’s, then Lelong and Madame Schiaparelli for four years. My goal was to have my own fashion house. I did not intend to compete with other creative greats but rather to make what...
The Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea looked like the seaside last week. For their runway, Tod’s brought the scent of days past onto the airy mountainous slopes of the Italian peninsula. Diego Della Valle understands this Italy as being venerated and enchanted, just like the filmmakers and actors that have ceded to its grandeur. The beauties on...
At the Trianon last week, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim introduced what seems to be their justified fantasy vision of Japanese theater. Dubbed Collection Memento No. 2, it introduces the Kenzo look for Spring/Summer 2018 like an ode to travel – a tale founded on that of the founder Kenzo Takada, originally from Himeji but...
Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi presented a colorful collection in Milan, and a bold one at that! A special triangulation is immediately apparent: a fabric, organza; a motif, crossed stripes borrowed from tartan; and a tropical palette. The starting point for this Spring/Summer 2018 is Italian futurism, an artistic movement that seeks to depict...
In 1889, all of Paris was abuzz with the approaching Universal Exposition that would be held that year from May 5 to October 31. This would be a special one; for the centennial of the French Revolution, Parisians and visitors were promised unparalleled novelties. An art nouveau iron construction would soon tower over Paris. It...
