Each season, Milan Fashion Week gives spectators a glimpse into Italy’s world of timeless glamour. The city's historical monuments such as the Rotonda della Besana and Palazzo Archinto double as backdrops for designers, melding the past with contemporary styles. At Milan Fashion Week's most recent iteration, athleisure dominated designers' opere: loose tops, flowing jackets, maillots, and racerbacks prevailed,…
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ONES TO WATCH: UP-AND-COMING DESIGNERS REDEFINING GENDER, SEXUALITY AND BEAUTY
Since the election of a blundering reality TV host as President of the United States (can we please speed up these next three and a half years?), movements around the world have united to protest an administration seeking to oppress minorities of all kind including immigrants, transgender individuals, and women. From Dior’s viral “We Should…
THE TOP 7 SHOWS OF MILAN FASHION WEEK SS17
Milan Fashion Week SS’17 was one for the books! Between September 21st through 26th, fashion's biggest names brought the heat to the fashion capitol. Between Gigi Hadid’s admirable act of self defense between shows and Jeremy Scott’s pill-popping extravaganza at Moschino, there was nary a dull moment on and off the runways. For this season designer names like Roberto…
THE TOP FIVE SHOWS OF MILAN FASHION WEEK: MEN’S S/S ’17
Milan Fashion Week: Men's SS17 has come to an end but its influence will be felt around the world. From Friday, June 17th, through Tuesday, June 21st, leading designers showed a wide assortment of prints, silhouettes, and fabrics in the fashion capital. Neutrals were often seen although a few designers stuck to bright pops of primaries. In prints,…
THE TOP 5 RESORT 2017 COLLECTIONS
The 2017 resort collections incorporated many popular trends this year. Fringe, culottes, print on prints, and flowy fabrics were shown in vibrant colors, light materials and fun summer styles. The top 5 shows within the resort collections included various patterns and themes that made each designer's presentation unique to this season but still ready to wear. On June…
BEYONCÉ SURPRISES AT THE 2016 CFDA AWARDS + GET THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS
On June 6th, The Council of Fashion Designers of America held their annual awards ceremony. Celebrity attendees such as Jourdan Dunn, Alexa Chung, Ciara, Naomi Campbell, Joan Smalls, Lena Dunham, Oliva Wilde, Karlie Kloss, Laverne Cox, and Claire Danes all showed up in support of fashion's most talented. Among established designers, CFDA award recipients included Marc Jacobs who took home…
GUCCI – MILAN – FALL/WINTER 2016 FASHION SHOW
Gucci started Milan Fashion Week off with a bang. On February 24th, Alessandro Michele sent seventy loud and lovely looks down the runway. For the famed house's Fall/Winter collection, the designer mixed his wide-ranging influences (street style, the 1970s and 80s, the Renaissance, and Catherine de Medici) into a madcap mash-up of playful power suits,…
GUCCI’S ALESSANDRO MICHELE TO BE HONORED WITH BFC INTERNATIONAL DESIGNER AWARD
In recognition of this year's remarkable achievements as creative director at Gucci, Alessandro Michel will be presented with the British Fashion Council's 2015 International Designer Award on November 23rd. Taking the position as creative director back in January 2015, Alessandro Michel recreated Gucci's aesthetic – a house famed for its leather goods and accessories. The powerhouse…