Translated by Cassidy STEPHENS Published Apr 4, 2024 Marco Bizzarri is beginning a new chapter. After eighteen years with Kering at the helm of some of the group’s finest houses, including Gucci from 2015 to 2023, the manager is announcing a new phase in his professional life, “focused on investments in companies and human resources … Read more
Another fashion month means another chance for the models of the world to take on the runways of New York, London, Milan, and Paris. And while there are likely enough professionals out there to please every designer showing this season, sometimes, brands like to mix it up a little, and enlist names not necessarily known … Read more
Translated by Roberta HERRERA Published Mar 1, 2024 Specializing in premium fashion, Style Capital is poised to add another prestigious brand to its portfolio. The Italian fund led by Roberta Benaglia, which recently divested the Australian label Zimmermann for a valuation of 1.7 billion Australian dollars (1 billion euros), is on the brink of acquiring … Read more
Saint Laurent played a careful game of reveal and conceal for its fall 2024 collection. Contrasting the transparent with the opaque, creative director Anthony Vaccarello focused on fabrics that were either gossamer-thin or satisfyingly thick. Think: strapless bandage dresses, midi-length halter gowns, and all the usual Saint Laurent signature skirt-and-top sets—newly rendered in deliciously translucent … Read more
Ilenia Durazzi is letting loose. The designer is gaining confidence as her brand increasingly scales up, as her fall 2024 collection proved by revealing a more eclectic side to her tailoring-filled world. A sense of wildness ran through the lineup, which added a new flavor to the equestrian inspiration Durazzi has anchored the brand in … Read more
MILAN — Black or white, and no color in between. Partywear showed range during Milan Fashion Week, with designers’ inspiration running the gamut from cinema to music, passing through ancient Greece and Robert Mapplethorpe’s photography. But the color scheme stayed consistent. Here’s a roundup from the fall 2024 presentations in town. Luca Lin of Act. N.1 was … Read more
As the Luisa Spagnoli fall show unfurled, one could easily picture a French girl leaving town on a Friday night to head to Deauville, the chic resort town of ’50s fame. She may want to toss a faux fur-collared cloak coat over a miniskirt and blouse to then change into rib knit sets, this collection’s … Read more
Working generic garments through the upcycling lens is Rave Review’s remit, this season plying what designers Livia Schück and Josephine Bergqvist described backstage as somewhat preppy tropes into, well, their exact opposite. As much as the eco-minded practice of sourcing deadstock fabrics, Rave Review’s punkish elan enhanced by the consistent DIY vibe of their collections … Read more
Giorgio Armani staged a trio of stellar signature shows Sunday morning to close out Milan Fashion Week, and still found time to snipe at out-of-date fashion, and praise Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – for toughness. See catwalkGiorgio Armani – Fall-Winter2024 – 2025 – Womenswear – Italie – Milan – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight So great is demand for … Read more
Bottega Veneta’s creative director Matthieu Blazy is known for his undying love—and knack—for trompe l’oeil material techniques, having famously put leather slacks that looked exactly like jeans on Kate Moss in 2022. So naturally, his fall 2024 collection encompassed surprising fabric explorations that were endlessly inspiring, alongside some ultra-classic and highly wearable pieces. Among some … Read more
