Dull beginning for the London Men Fashion Week’s debut. London has claimed the paternity of menswear style and elegance, so it had its own men’s fashion week but on the catwalk we saw little tradition, many young names and strange ideas, but also many “inspirations” derived from other brands or previous collections. Partenza un po’ fiacca per questa prima London Men’s Fashion Week, è infatti da quest’anno che anche Londra ha inaugurato la propria settimana della moda maschile, rivendicando la paternità dello stile e dell’eleganza. A dire la verità in passerella abbiamo visto poca tradizione, molti nomi giovani, idee curiose,…
The fashion history has taught us that the famous Gucci Flora motif , was born in Milan in 1966, when Rodolfo Gucci wanted the Princess Grace of Monaco to choose a gift following the purchase of a green Bamboo bag. The princess asked for a scarf, but Rodolfo Gucci himself said he didn’t have something enough beautiful for such a special guest. He immediately contacted the illustrator Vittorio Accornero, asking him to design the most beautiful floral scarf he could create. The following day Accornero arrived with a painting representing nine bunches of wild flowers with insects jumping from a…
The pre-collections, known also as resort or cruise collections, nowadays have become almost the most important collection of the year for the marketing department of several fashion houses. They are usually less considered than the seasonal catwalk collections, but are certainly the most sold. The style of the brand is declined on the classic wardrobe pieces, mixing it with the market and climate needs. Not too heavy, nor too light items, suitable for the mid-seasons. Here is a selection from the Resort 2013 collections Le pre-collezioni, o cruise collection o resort collection, sono diventate ad oggi una delle realtà più…
The ArchMedium group has spent three years organizing International Architecture Competitions for Students in collaboration with the University of Barcelona, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Buenos Aires among others. After the overwhelmingly positive feedback they have created Rivalation, a special section dedicated to International Fashion Competitions for Students. From June 4th – October 15th, 2012 will run the inaugural Rivalation fashion competition: “Lady Gaga Dress for a Funeral” in collaboration with Neo2, 90+10, Jasonitos, Visionary Artistry and fashionistaslite. The competition is open to all currently enrolled undergraduate college students from all fields of study. Currently enrolled postgraduate students…
The Japanese multinational company Edwin Co. Ltd, which in 1990 bought the Italian brand Fiorucci, threatened to sue the young fashion designer Gabriele Fiorucci because of his name, giving rise to an unequal struggle between a giant denim idustry and a new talent. La multinazionale giapponese Edwin Co. Ltd, che nel 1990 comprò lo storico brand italiano Fiorucci, minaccia di citare in giudizio il giovane designer romano Gabriele Fiorucci a causa del suo nome, dando inizio ad una lotta impari tra un colosso del denim ed un nuovo talento. Gabriele Fiorucci is a Roman designer born in 1975, already…
From Friday 8th, to Tuesday 12, Convivio will return to Milan. Convivio is the charity fashion-market-fair, conceived by Gianni Versace in 1992, dedicated to raising funds for the research against AIDS and provide support to HIV-positive persons and their families. The most important names of fashion and design, will attend the fair donating their items to Convivio, that will sell them at a special price (-50%) for the raising funds. This year, following the disastrous earthquake that struck Emilia, has been also decided to donate the proceeds of the “Vintage section” for the exclusive support of the earthquake zone. The…
Lately, Prada fashion house seems to resort to partnerships, but nothing to do with low cost chains or special collections. It’s all about artistic collaborations with the cinema and the world of design. Nell’ultimo periodo la casa di moda Milanese Prada, sembra ricorrere alle collaborazioni, ma niente a che fare con catene low cost o collezioni particolari. Si tratta invece di collaborazioni artistiche con il cinema e con il mondo del design. Gary Oldman, Garrett Hedlund, Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe – Prada Men’s Fall Winter 2012/2013 adv campaign The exclusive pictures of the new advertising campaign by David Sims for…
Damaged clock from Mirandola Cathedral – ph: Mondoinformazione In the last two weeks of May, Italy trembled: economic crisis, the political situation in stalemate and finally, to make matters worse, natural disasters. Two earthquakes (May 20th and 29th) and the following earthquake waves are still ravaging Emilia, one of the most prosperous regions of Italy. The area affected by the earthquake extends from Ferrara, Modena, Mantua and Reggio Emilia, the heart of the Italian entrepreneurial productivity, characterized by industrial and craftmaship districts ranging from food, to mechanics, biomedical, ceramic and textiles. The textiles and clothing district is located in Carpi (near…
For the next three years, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has decided to set up the three operas “Le nozze di Figaro”, “Don Giovanni” and “Cosi fan tutte” born from the collaboration between the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The choice of the costume designers and set decorators teams is one of the peculiarity of the event. Every year the set will be conceived by a famous archi-star as well as the costumes will be designed by a talented fashion designer, in order to recreate from a “visual” point of view, the historical artistic collaboration between…
Brazil is more than swimwear and Fashion Rio Spring-Summer 2012/2013, (the ready-to-wear Brazilian fashion week) has been a parade of floral printed dresses, reinterpreted even for the menswear, creating “total look for couples“. This is my selection: Brasile non è solo costumi da bagno, anzi Fashion Rio, la fashion week brasiliana per la Primavera-Estate 2012/2013 è stata un tripudio di abiti a stampe floreali, interpretate anche per la moda uomo, creando dei veri e propri “total look da coppia“. In questo post ho selezionato il meglio della kermesse: Ricardo Bräutigam for AUSLÄNDER has presented a collection inspired by the 50’s,…