On March 6th, the Anne Fontaine store in Florence hosted a trunk show to present the spring summer 2014 collection to the brand’s loyal customers, some of whom arrived especially for the occasion from other cities because it is the only flagshipstore in Italy. Anne Fontaine – Spring Summer 2014 – Trunk show in Florence
Milan, lunch time of one of the most challenging days of the fashion week and while a chilly wind reddens the noses of the people waiting outside for the fashion shows, a mysterious charming woman welcomes her guests in the tranquility of the Hotel Straf to present the autumn winter 2014 collection of the brand Divisione Protagonista. Divisione Protagonista – FW2014
As everyone knows, or should know, the highly skilled artisan labour is one of the main riches of Italy that the whole world envies us. Never as this year it seemed that many fashion designers – among which Ermanno Scervino – wanted to claim the record on this field, proposing extremely luxurious garments, characterized by such elaborate handmade works that they could be hardly considered as simple ready-to-wear clothes. Ermanno Scervino in the backstage after the show
Even the Milan Fashion Week Autumn Winter 2014 has come to an end, but what were the most important facts that marked the week and which trend will actually mark the next cold season? Gucci FW 2014
Right after New York is the turn of the London Fashion Week, that brought a sense of light-heartedness and joy of living to the next autumn-winter 2014 thanks to a whirlwind of colors and prints. Here it is my top 3 of the best collections that definitely “animated” the London Fashion Week with an energy burst . Temperley London – FW 2014
The New York Fashion Week ended a few days ago and as many readers have seen in my daily fashion reports on the The Fashion Commentator Facebook Page, unfortunately it hasn’t been an exciting fashion week. Delpozo – FW 2014
From February 1st to June 15th, the Textile Museum of Prato hosts “La camicia bianca secondo me Gianfranco Ferré” an extraordinary monographic exhibition with 27 iconic white shirts made by the fashion designer Gianfranco Ferré from 1982 until 2006, selected by the curator Daniela Degl’Innocenti and the director of the Fondazione Gianfranco Ferré, Rita Airaghi. Allestimento mostra – La camicia bianca secondo me Gianfranco Ferré
Pitti Uomo doesn’t mean only fashion shows and events held in the most beautiful palaces of Florence; the real show is inside the Fortezza da Basso. Obviously, I am not referring to the fashion people desperately waiting for a famous street-style-photographer, but to the fashion collections presented in the fair. Each pavilion has a target audience and each stand tells a unique story, or more than one, as in the case of Lardini brand, with its three lines dedicated to three different kind of men who love contemporary elegance.
The presentation of the pre-fall 2014 capsule collection by Barbara Casasola was one of the most awaited date of the 13rd edition of Pitti W in Florence. It took place in the decadent rooms of Palazzo Portinari Salviati, where the contrast between the contemporary scenic design and the Renaissance frescoes perfectly framed the male-female dichotomy of the “Menswear for Women” capsule collection of the Brazilian designer.
The return of Alessandro Dell’Acqua to the menswear with his first N°21 fall winter 2014 men collection was one of the most awaited events of the 85th edition of Pitti Uomo. The Neapolitan fashion designer as a phoenix has flown once again over the “menswear Olympus” drawing the attentions of the most representative fashion journalists who came to watch his new debut in the reading room of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence. N°21 – Pitti Uomo 85