Author: Angelo Flaccavento
From Dries Van Noten to Soshiotsuki, the Paris men’s shows proposed a variety of visions for what a man should look like today, while Celine offered up multiplicity of characters itself, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Featherlight suits at Jonathan Anderson’s Dior and parachute tops at Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent provided a welcome weightlessness as the Paris menswear shows kicked off amid scorching heat. Angelo Flaccavento also reports on Ami, Auralee, Lemaire and Louis Vuitton.
MILAN — Remember that modernist adage “less is more”? In an age of content abundance, a sharper lens — absolute, uncompromising — is a welcome thing. At the Milan men’s fashion week that ended on Monday, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ near clinical outing for Prada hit the mark. Clinical as in sharp focus, tight editing, cleanliness and lack of gimmicks, which is the exact opposite of the postmodernist pastiche that is rampant in fashion and whose origins, paradoxically, can be found in certain corners of Prada’s recent and not-so-recent praxis. Please sign in to ensure you can read our…
Simone Rizzo and Loris Messina aim to turn the Aeffe-owned label into ‘a cultural loudspeaker’ as they prepare to replace Adrian Appiolaza, who stepped down Friday.
Simone Rocha stole the show this season with a men’s presentation full of quiet rebellion, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Last week, Zegna staged a runway show in Dubai the emirate, following in the footsteps of Roberto Cavalli, Armani and Chanel. The emirate remains the most established hub for luxury shopping in the Gulf region, which has bucked the industry’s downward trend.