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Krizia F/W ’09-’10
Milan For the autumn/winter 09-10 season at Krizia, it is all about an “othermodern” elegance, as an homage to the artistic movement based on a globalised culture, saturated with signs and symbols. Tailored 50’s looks are intervened with a sort of rock n’ roll glamour, as graphic tweed and shimmering silk meets leather, and rectangular [...]
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Lorenzo Riva F/W ’09-’10
Milan With confident women, striding the catwalk in red lips and big fringe hairdo’s the reminisce of the iconic 90’s supermodels was undeniable. Who better to portray the blooming trend of the 90’s, than Lorenzo Riva and his brand: having had both Jerry Hall and Brooke Shields parading his designs in a 90’s Paris The [...]
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Roccobarocco F/W ’09-’10
Milan In the midst of the darkness, the catwalk is lit up by a small group of ballet dancers performing to a soft classical intro. Short thereafter the smooth classical tune that was is replaced with a hard hitting beat as the first model struts down the runway. Rocco Barocco presents a collection that gives [...]
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Simonetta Ravizza F/W ’09-’10
Milan- What do you get if you mix traditional fur, strong colours and the look of iconic Hollywood star Greta Garbo? Answer: Italian top Simonetta Ravizza’s bright and positive vision of the future. For A/W 09-10 the designer specialized in fur has created a collection for the strong and contemporary woman who’s not afraid to [...]
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Valentino Couture ’09
Following the not entirely elegant dismissal of Alessandra Facchinetti after two short seasons and the promotion of the accessory team as her replacements, the house of Valentino needs to regain its sense of equilibrium. Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli had backup on their first outing as haute couturiers. The retired Valentino Garavani and [...]
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Armani Privé
As designers begin to sound out what women will want during a severe recession, many of the resonances are coming up thirties, a time of glamour against the odds. That’s not to say that a Giorgio Armani collection could ever be anything but his own style, or that in this season it could be anything [...]
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Luciano Soprani
Full of good taste, simplicity and the lines and cuts on every garment that identify the brand, Luciano Soprani´s collections had captured one of the most interesting proposals at Milan’s latest fashion shows. With his latest collection the firm shared the idea of urban glamour with strapless fluid long dresses, architectural silhouettes in pastel colors, [...]
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Fahion photography: Istanbul
Istanbul is a beautiful fashion editorial shot by the amazing photography duo of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and styled by Alex White for W Magazine. It features model Lara Stone in some of the hottest new fashion creations from Salvatore Ferragamo, Narciso Rodriguez, Chanel, Prada, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, Calvin Klein and Giorgio [...]
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Karl Lagerfeld bear
Karl Lagerfeld has been all over the fashion world more than usual lately, whether it’s his Gun heeled shoes, his own action figure doll, or images of him holding his latest fishing rod for Chanel. Either way, he’s inspiring lots of fun goodies and this Steiff bear is the latest.
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Iceberg 2008 fall/winter
The inspiration of the collection was a new catwoman style ,different from the sex-appeal catwoman that we used to see and different from the pure and straight lines of it . First there were the outsize, even outlandish proportions: tailored coats came with bulging, down-filled quilted sleeves; a puffer jacket was reimagined as a skirt [...]
