The main difference between the fashion shows in Milan and Paris lies in the extravaganza. In Milan we need just a beautiful location and a catwalk to be happy, while in Paris each collection takes its meaning thanks to the mise-en-scène, making this decisive moment into a real show.
Over the past two years, during the Milan fashion week we got used to see several types of fashion designers:
Watching this beautiful video made by Elia Acunto and Alessia Caliendo for Vein Magazine I can only smile because it reminds me the good times shared with them during the last #MilanFashionWeek, but at the same time I think: “Phones that don’t call and glasses that don’t shelter from the sun.” These are the true weapons of seduction of the fashion week. Fool who believes that they are needed to seduce a man. The real focus is the camera and its owner, the one who is convinced to capture your image, but actually is unaware (maybe ?) that you have…
While the streets of Paris burn under an unusual late-September sun, the old refectory of the Couvent des Cordeliers becomes a dark enchanted forest with giant cherries apparently fallen from the pillars of the hall. It is not a dream, nor a paradoxical scenario of the Gulliver’s Travels, but only the set of the UNDERCOVER spring summer 2015 fashion show. Just looking at these elements is clear to everyone that once again Jun Takahashi will amaze the audience with one of his eclectic collections, full of symbols and artistic references.
Everything gone well even on the second day of Milan fashion week, no fashion shows scheduled on my calendar, but a lot of presentations and an unusual date: the exhibition event in Palazzo Litta dedicated to the new direction of the brand Krizia.
First day of Milan fashion week (at least for me) and while on social media such authoritative newspaper as LaRepubblica shares videos against the phenomenon of fashion blogging with such a lack of professionalism, the seasonal trends dance is going on the runway and in the showrooms, and it doesn’t matter if a designer has re-used the same elements, themes or inspirations of another brand. In fashion seems there are no rules!
From the 12nd to the 14th of September, Lucca became the capital of craftsmanship thanks to Fashion in Flair, the fair-market that year after year, gives the opportunity to visit the most beautiful private palaces of the city where you can learn, touch, feel, taste and buy very unique high craftsmanship products, result of a recovery of traditional secular activities.
“Why are you going to AltaRoma?! Rome is dead!” This is what I was told each time I announced my arrival in Rome for the couture week (alta moda). I confess that at first I had some doubts in doing so. The cost of trains, taxi and accommodation were such a deterrent to me because I can’t boast the title of “specialist correspondent” for a famous magazine (with expensive benefits and refunds), but the passion for what I think will be my future work field, the curiosity for the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Who is On Next? contest…
From May 31st (to June 3rd) London is going to stage the Graduate Fashion Week, the world’s leading event for fashion students, showcasing the work of over 1,000 graduates from the most influential UK and international universities. As usual you can see on the catwalk a lot of inspirations, provocations, novelties, but in some cases you can also have a lot of doubts about the prestige of those fashion institutes. A part from the same common teaching methods that invite students to copy “reinterpret” the great Japanese masters and the Antwerp Six, it seems that this year the pop imagery of…
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