Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colon rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion before strolling past a security guard side by side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Sporting suits and sunglasses, the pair stride into a dimly lit room full … Read more
MILAN — Call it Milan Tailored Week. Spring 2025 presentations staged here last week showed range on sartorial codes, from new proportions to sparkly embellishments. WWD rounded up seven takes on tailoring — one for every day of the week. Brioni When executive design director Norbert Stumpfl officially introduced the La Donna women’s line earlier this year, he … Read more
Gucci Sabato De Sarno called his collection Casual Grandeur and said it was a sum of his ‘obsessions – tailoring, lingerie, leather, 60s silhouette’ and the Gucci archive. Doubling down on his vision for the brand that he has been developing since 2023, it conjured the Italian Riviera jet-set of the 60s and 70s – … Read more
The Attico’s show was exactly what Milan needed: a combination of luscious fashion with a dash of eccentricity, top-notch casting, a simple yet impactful set-up and a sprinkle of a collaboration on top. With their sophomore runway show, designers Gilda Ambrosio and Giorgia Tordini, who built a cult brand out of women’s aspiration to be … Read more
Perceptions can shift with context and distance: ask Ilenia Durazzi and she will prove it with her brand. On a growth trajectory — gaining traction both in the domestic market and South Korea — the Italian label has found a new home in Milan. It relocated from a small apartment in an historic building to … Read more
After taking in Bottega Veneta’s spring fashion show in Milan on Saturday night, TikTok sensation Jools Lebron proved her fashion vocabulary stretches well beyond demure, mindful and cutesy. “Extravagant, luxurious, and full of childhood wonder,” was the three-pronged review she delivered after the show, wearing sunglasses to shield her tear-stained eyes, and holding a fan … Read more
Inevitably, every fashion week seems to yield at least one collection related to ballet. In London, Simone Rocha had tutus galore, and at Ferragamo in Milan, Maximilian Davis paraded practice uniforms – tights, bodysuits, wrap tops and the like – and tucked a Hug bag into each off-duty look. It turns out the Florentine house … Read more
Ports 1961’s spring collection came somewhat as a reboot for the brand, which had been absent from fashion week for a couple of years now. It also marked the first to be unveiled under new design director Francesco Bertolini, who joined the house studio in 2019 but was only recently formally appointed to the role. … Read more
It was like landing on Planet Denim at Diesel, where models with alien-like colored contact lenses walked an expansive catwalk covered in roughly 15,000 kilograms of denim scraps and deadstock, shredded to form a textured carpeting that challenged the gait of the cast and guests alike. The striking set-up – which was flanked by a … Read more
Watching this collection was like opening a box of multi-colored macarons, and feasting on them down to the last crumb. Each of these looks was so delicate, drenched in color and full of sensual pleasure, it was hard to tear the eyes away. This is nothing new for Ermanno Scervino which, season-after-season, serves up feel-good, … Read more
