MILAN, Feb 20, 2008 / FW/ — Rifat Ozbek went to the Far East and found Japanese sensuality so irresistible that for Fall 2008, he reinterpreted mystic allure of the geisha to 1970s glam thus creating the Japanese Roxy cover girl, an anthem to the constructions and architectural shapes of the clothes, played around well-defined lines. [more]
MILAN, Feb 20, 2008 / FW/ — Collaborating with Vitra, a Swiss manufacturer of designer furniture, Normaluisa aimed for fashion equilibrium as she sent a collection expressing essential and measured elegance that in so many ways was complimentary to the ultra modern furniture on the background. [more]
MILAN, Feb 20, 2008 / FW/ — Only in the fashion world that a healthy love-hate relationship can exist and all protagonists can kiss & make up within the next 3-6 months as if nothing happened. The latest incident, Cathy Horyn, Fashion Editor of the New York Times was ‘exiled’ from the Giorgio Armani show yesterday. [more]
MILAN, Feb 19, 2008 / FW/ — During fashion week, rumors always abound and one of the most repeated since Milano Moda Donna started was the ‘imminent arrival of a new Creative Director at Gianfranco Ferré.’ Yesterday, the company issued a very short press release quashing that rumor and saying, “the company has at present no negotiations underway regarding the hiring of any new in-house figure.” [more]
MILAN, Feb 19, 2008 / FW/ —It may seem strange to have a women’s collection by two Belgian designers and a French name that means “the men”, but in reality duo Tom Notte and Bart Vandebosch make it work. Les Hommes started off, through the collaboration of the design duo, as a men’s collection but with their success and growth they have branched out to the other sex. Les Homes, women’s collection, is exactly what you may think, a beautiful interpretation of men’s wear for the woman.[more]
MILAN, Feb 18, 2008 / FW/ — With Anna Molinari, there is always a spirit of generosity in her collections and Blugirl Fall 2008 is not an exception. One could go on and on how beautiful the collection is beginning with the varying shades of white from cream to coral rose provided warmth. Or, how the inventive combination of wool and fur with organza, chiffon and lace made luxury also ethereal. [more]
MILAN, Feb 18, 2008 / FW/ — Remember when Giorgio Armani did a treatise on ‘Theory of the Leisure Class’? For Fall 2008, the Italian design maestro might as well be doing a fashion treatise on the “Nash Equilibrium” a Nobel Prize winning economic theory made very popular by the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’ starring Russell Crowe. [more]
MILAN, Feb 18, 2008 / FW/ — There is a running joke among the fashion set, i.e., there are more fashion victims than fashion connoisseurs. And, though the fashionistas in general talk about it openly, very few will accept that they are slaves to fashion to the point that they have become fashion victims. And Missoni has found the cure for fashion victims! [more]
