The Costume Gallery of Pitti Palace in Florence celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new exhibition dedicated to the “Women in the Spotlight in the Twentieth Century“: fashion icons and interpreters who went beyond the fashion designers’ messages, creating a personal style code. Donne protagoniste del Novecento – Patty Pravo Gianni Versace oroton dress for Sanremo 84 – Galleria del Costume Firenze
Sea, jellyfish, fishermen’s nets and a legendary island are the main inspirations for the new VINCENT spring summer 2014 collection by Vincenzo Billeci, the young Sicilian fashion designer who retrieves the traditions of his native place with a contemporary twist.
Until November 10th at Palazzo Morando, the costume museum of Milan, there’s “Valentina Cortese. Uno stile.“, the exhibition curated by Elisabetta Invernici and Antonio Zanoletti dedicated to the personal wardrobe belonging to one of the last Italian divas, Valentina Cortese. Venezia, 1982 – Ph: Fiorenzo Niccoli – source: ScenarioMag
Milan fashion week for a blogger means attending to fashion shows, presentations, parties, exhibitions, but also conferences or meetings with the protagonists of this world. Thanks to the last Vogue Experience held in conjunction with the Milan fashion week in September, finally I had the opportunity to meet the designer duo Aquilano.Rimondi. Tommaso Aquilano talking with tha audience at the Vogue Experience in Palazzo Morando
Usually when you think of German fashion there are very few names that have made the history of costume, but among them there is BOGNER, the high-end sports brand founded in the 30s by the Nordic skiing world champion Willy Bogner, who together with his wife Maria Bogner invented the sports fashion. The history of the brand and the personal lives of its protagonists are inevitably intertwined with the most luxury ski slopes, the cinema industry and even the Dolce Vita. Sonia and Willy Bogner
Sorry, No English translation for this post! Finalmente dopo un mese posso parlare di Fashion in Pfanner, un evento tutto toscano dedicato all’alto artigianato che ha avuto luogo nel cuore di Lucca in concomitanza con le celebrazioni del Settembre Lucchese. Data la peculiarità dell’evento ed il clima di festa e di allegria che si respirava, ho deciso di scrivere un post “speciale”, diverso dal solito, inventando l’Alfabeto di Fashion in Pfanner. A di Amicizia: quella tra Ilaria Mari, ideatrice dell’evento, ed il duo organizzatore a capo di Spin Factory, Claudia Gambacciani e Michela Vagnozzi, che per un lungo week-end…
In the last few days all the fashion media mourn the end of the 16-year liaison between Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs, whose role as creative director could be given soon to Nicolas Ghesquière, who in turn was forced to leave the same position at Balenciaga one year ago. As usual, the “betting game for the new creative director” has already begun: someone talks about a migration of Raf Simons to Vuitton, leaving his place at Dior to Ghesquière; some others talk about a transfer of Phoebe Philo, who in recent years has launched Celine among the top cutting-edge brand…
On a sunny morning in late September, the Ermanno Scervino women’s spring summer 2014 collection paraded in Milan on the luxury yacht of Aristotele Onassis, the Christina O, while a calm blue sea was the backdrop of the most important models of the fashion system. Ermanno Scervino SS2014 – location
I’m leaving Florence for the Milan Fashion Week (which actually for me will be a Milan Fashion Week-End), but before starting to comment the Italian catwalks I’ll go back to the “Anglophone” ones including both the New York and London Fashion Week.
Sorry, No translation for this post! Manca pochissimo tempo alla seconda edizione della VOGUE FASHION’S NIGHT OUT di FIRENZE, la notte bianca della moda targata VOGUE ITALIA in cui i negozi e le boutique del centro storico spalancano le porte al popolo modaiolo. La sera del 12 settembre dalle 18,30 alle 23,30 le arterie dello shopping fiorentino si animeranno con dj-set, aperitivi, performance live e prodotti in limited edition la cui vendita contribuirà alla costruzione di un campo di calcetto dedicato ai bambini in Piazza D’Azeglio. Anche per questa seconda edizione vi sono tantissimi appuntamenti in programma, qui vi propongo…