MILAN — Giorgio Armani has over the years voiced his disapproval of the “craziness at all costs,” as he put it on Sunday, of some looks on the runways and on the streets during Milan Fashion Week. After his namesake brand’s fashion show, Armani reiterated his distaste and expressed his frustration over seeing exaggerated designs … Read more
IN THE BLACK: Giorgio Armani conjured a starry crowd at his fall 2024 show, with guests including Cate Blanchett; Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson; actors Louis Garrel and Ji Chang Wook; artist Olympia Scarry, and the Italian singer and composer Alexia. Actor and screenwriter Aaron Taylor-Johnson attended as the new global ambassador for the Armani fragrance … Read more
Chiara Boni’s show peaked at the opening look, when Anna Cleveland appeared on the black catwalk in a checkered suit, long leather gloves, pheasant feathers pinned on her sculptural hat, crop in her hand and confidence aplenty. Her sassy entrance set the mood of the show, which unfurled to an original soundtrack composed by Thomas … Read more
A new accessory punctuated the fall 2024 collection Loro Piana presented in Milan, which honored the company’s 100th anniversary by telegraphing a further elevation and expansion of its fashion proposition into different and versatile directions, including a bigger statement in jewelry. The brand’s “fiori di cardo” flower symbol — representing the thistle used historically as … Read more
There’s much more to Switzerland than watches and chocolate as Bally’s creative director Simone Bellotti is increasingly discovering by “going deeper into the idea of the country,” he said backstage. In fact, for fall he was attracted by Swiss folk stories, such as the legend of an Engadine Lake mermaid, which led to showing fishtail … Read more
Think about the action inside the hallways of Oxford University — students swinging from silent-mode libraries to crammed pubs and dance halls with Sloane Ranger-like sass — and you pretty much get a sense of the leggy, preppy look Elisabetta Franchi conjured for her fall runway show. It certainly made for a fun departure from … Read more
Matthieu Blazy did it again, electrifying Milan Fashion Week with a Bottega Veneta show on Saturday night that delivered gasp-inducing chic with nearly every exit. He had decided to “celebrate the quotidian,” and managed to stir powerful emotions with shirts, coats, dresses and skirts. But what shirts! What coats! What dresses! And what skirts! “I … Read more
It had to happen, eventually: The day when, despite yet another fun show concept, the Sunnei fashion collection actually overshadowed the format. The fact it coincided with a lineup that saw a collaboration with another industry’s player speaks volumes about the multidisciplinary approach founders Simone Rizzo and Loris Messina have always had, as well as … Read more
A grim, wartime mood permeated Ferragamo’s fall show, reinforced by the dim venue with its spare wooden seating, the stirring, processional music, and in the collection, which opened with military green officer coats and then cycled through belted leather trenches and tall, crepe-soled boots. Thick, trapunto-stitched belts were the dominant and memorable detail, sagging off … Read more
Corsets are a hot-button subject in fashion, and rightfully so. After decades of suffering, women finally cast off the whalebones, took a deep breath and finished dessert — without fainting afterwards. Still, some brands and designers love them, including Ermanno Scervino, whose elegant collection melded corset shapes with tweed, herringbone and croc-embossed leather. “This season … Read more
