Monthly Archives: January 2009

It might have been entitled "The McQueensberry Rules," as an ironic reference to the boxing rules endorsed by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, but from the look of the first model who strode down the catwalk, you felt … Continue reading →

The menswear collections presented in Milan at the weekend surely had some hints at the financial crisis that is still gripping the world. There weren’t indeed too many extremely flamboyant excesses during the various shows, but sensible suits, jackets and … Continue reading →

“Elvis and I are perhaps the most fashion-obsessed of The Pack, which is a pretty fucking well-dressed crew by anybody's standards. Most of us have wedges or side-partings and wear Samba or Stan Smith trainies, Lois jeans and cardigans. One … Continue reading →

I briefly mentioned in a previous post the connection between Futurism and fashion, but today I’d like to focus on a special event, the 100th anniversary of Futurism and the reopening of Depero’s Casa d’Arte Futurista. The Futurist manifesto was … Continue reading →

There were great expectations about Giambattista Valli's Autumn/Winter 2009-10 “Wintertime” pre-collection for two main reasons: this was the only proper catwalk show at Florence's Pitti W_Woman Precollection, the Pitti Immagine event dedicated to womenswear, and it was also the first … Continue reading →

My long-time friends know that I have banned a few words from my life as I hate the way they sound. A few examples? The Italian words "panini" or “vino” used in English contexts and with an English pronunciation (as … Continue reading →

As a young girl growing up in Italy in the 80s it was practically impossible to avoid being surrounded by the advertising campaigns of two brands, Fiorucci and Benetton. Between the two brands I  preferred the former, but it was … Continue reading →

Pitti Immagine Uomo officially opened today in Florence and I want to pay homage to it with a special post on the history of Florentine tailors.  There’s probably no other town in Italy like Florence. The Tuscan town has indeed … Continue reading →

“It Will Be So With Everyone” was the name designer Alena Akhmadullina gave to her Autumn/Winter 01/02 collection with which she debuted at Russian Fashion Week. Throughout the collections that followed this graduate of Saint Petersburg’s Technology and Design Academy … Continue reading →

There’s denim and denim. From chic to retro, from sexy to super-cool, from bohemian to glammed up, there are virtually hundreds of styles and denim types, not to mention the thousands of brands that produce denim garments and accessories. Just … Continue reading →