The Spring/Summer collection for the Kenzo 2011 felt so french 1950.
The trend of the sailor blue returns for another season, but with that Kenzo bisou to French Style. The Beret is back. It’s time for our men to clean it up, keep it funky.
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10 Corso Como opened in 1988 and is the place where the fashion forward go when in Milan for fashion week it’s the weekend catch up for the Milaniese to escape the drab industrial life that is outside.
When entering the sanctuary that is 10 Coroso Como it feelt as, if...
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So far the most beautiful invitation I’ve received this season is the one from Kenzo, pressed leaves with wood arranged to form the name!
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Just to tide you over while you wait for the pictures…
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Photo: Ernest Aregall
The Damir Doma presentation last night was one of the best of this Fashion Week, turning the tables on everything we had come to expect. Even the rather classic Garage Turenne seemed a completely different place. If the crowd that gathered in record time is anything to go by, it appeared that...
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Photo: Ernest Aregall
German-born Tillman Lauterbach is the epitome of the European designer, having grown up all over Europe. His silhouettes are excellent for every day, but they are by no means boring. Abstract prints, collarless shirts and jackets, structured trousers and wool leggings give plenty of options to individualise this wardrobe.
Beige and green dominated...
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Mulberry’s A/W 2009-2010 inspiration immediately reminded me of grown-up fairy tales: a little dark and scary but not all that bad if you’re a grown up. The collection is titled Teens gone mean. A subdued palette is livened up with gingery tan, berry hues and some candied-apple reds, just the way I love them....
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We met San Andres’ designer Andrès Caballero at the Atmosphère trade show during the first week of Paris Fashion Week. He hails from Mexico but calls Milan home now!
His well-tailored collection struck our eye and we were only too happy for him to show it to us. San Andres Milano is a project collection...
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Anna Wintour in first row, Kate Lanphear in second row and yours truly dorking it out further back but Akris was an awesome show: tailored to perfection silhouettes and muted colours. Jackets and coats were just that side of puffy to keep warm and fabrics showed a lot of work to get the patterns...
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Thursday, my Fashion Week started with Lutz: Lots of grey and black, long iron-flat hair and three songs looped at the Mk2 at the new National Library.
Friday, Bernhard Willhelm: Maxi dresses, artistic elements and funny headdresses (houses, dollar bills). On the feet, stilettos or multi-buckle boots stride on the runway.
Saturday, Tsumori Chisato to start...
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