Monthly Archives: February 2014

During London Fashion Week we saw food logos appearing on bags, and the trend continued on the Milanese runways with gowns printed with images of candies and sweets packagings. Paris didn't escape the sugar rush: Manish Arora's collection was indeed a triumph … Continue reading →

There is an entire generation of crafty women out there who used to make clothes for their dolls when they were kids and who wish they had had bits and pieces of neoprene fabric/sheets at the time to quickly create … Continue reading →

Call the Risk Manager? No, Just Opt for the Fashion Police Kering – the French luxury-to-lifestyle conglomerate formerly known as PPR led by chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault and controlling brands such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Christopher … Continue reading →

Among the young Italian designers currently showcasing their collections during Milan Fashion Week, there is one who is actually more talented than your average Proenza Schouler or Alexander Wang, but who doesn't have the support young designers get in the … Continue reading →

"Once upon a time in Sicily" was the main theme of Dolce & Gabbana's Autumn/Winter 2014 collection.  The fairy theme was strong in this collection envisaged as a fantasy journey through enchanted Sicily with appliquéd birds, owls, swans, squirrels and … Continue reading →

Despite animal rights activists protesting, fur was a bit all over the place on the Milan Fashion Week runways, from Fendi (obviously) to Prada, Marni, Versace, Emilio Pucci, Roberto Cavalli, Blumarine and many more. In the meantime, in New York … Continue reading →

You honestly wonder why a designer who knows how to cut trousers (and that's no mere feat in today's confusing fashion industry) has got to embarrass himself by creating something that could be defined as completely and unnecessarily useless. Having … Continue reading →

Season after season we get the confirmation that fashion works in cycles when we see garments that were fashionable twenty/thirty years ago reappearing on the runways and in the shops. Yet, at the moment, rather than working in cycles, most … Continue reading →

June 2012. Moschino is holding its Autumn/Winter 2013 menswear catwalk show in the aisles of the food hall of Milan's Excelsior shopping emporium, sending out models clad in suits, cardigans and shirts  decorated with prints of Budweiser-like Moschino logos and … Continue reading →

There is nothing more annoying than fashion appropriating something from a specific culture and re-vomiting it on the runways in a cold and detached way.  Take the blanket. Different populations all over the world employ blankets to protect themselves from … Continue reading →