9 warning signs that Milan Fashion Week is not over

February 27, 2014

In which Fendi sends drones down the runway and Giorgio Armani is furious at Anna Wintour for ditching his show.

#Karlito ends up in your wish list (see full story here)

When grass + feathers + fur all in one outfit are #hipster and not anymore the last minute Hawaiian dress up costume you bought at Party City for Mardi Gras.

When your ideal of leopard-on-leopard reaches material perfection levels and looks effortless, like at Sportmax.

When the Yogi Bear hat is indeed the most coveted item of all times and appears at Emporio Armani. Long live the deformed hat whose fame escalated from the cartoon to Arby's, to Pharrell's at the Grammy's (by Dame Westwood).

BTW, if you want to be 'Happy', just throw in the croc miniskirt.

When referring to 'Blurred Lines' you think of those color block, wavy and curvaceous of the Agnona Collezione Uno by Stefano Pilati.

When wearing mink bloomers under a bejeweled mini dress is not an issue.

When you hope those modified Aviator spectacles will become available for the summer at your trusted fast-fashion outlet.

When you wish you could un-see the above, because you didn't work in fashion that long to deserve the vision of such a disappointing C-.

When you must make up a party because you need to own this Pucci gown and show it off.

#MFW Spring 14 Episode 1: is Marni the new black?

September 28, 2013

What to say if not that in Milan is where we get hit by the I-love-them-all bug and the-fashion-week-of-the-titans fever.

However I rigorously stick to my rule of this season: select one of the ‘veterans’ and one of the ‘newbies’ that I feel betting on, that inspired emotions, that showed once again the core of fashion, regardless of PR, publicists, advertising and the fashion circus, to say it with Suzy Menkes or ‘fassholes’, the new noun circulating the rooms.

So here you go: my Milan Fashion Week veteran winner is:

Marni

modern (that last white look … anyone wants to marry me? that last look is perfection),
sheer sophistication (she’s capable of making transparent look enviable, wearable all day long, chic and the opposite of vulgar)
true DNA maintained and brought to the next level, like a designer does. Matter of fact, what is it that you want from a designer that you admire and love wearing? That she does the usual but better and she surprises you with beauty and inspires you with a story. Here we don’t have the classics revisited (the death of fashion), Castiglioni took us on her journey of evolution.
colors: Consuelo you have hit us, our faves
accessories: those masculine elements like platform flat sandals, squareish shapes and even the plain dull insignificant visor embellished become the ITems to be owned

understated simplicity

geometry is an opinion

My Sheer Lady

bomber + embellishments = forward-ist

did you say funny pack?

effortless unfinished

the bride

a (white) summer: street style (Part 2)

June 2, 2013

what happens in Cannes …

it was white galore, it was dated Before Memorial Day and it was fabulous.

let’s see how can we simulate that fabulosity in a more down to earth life. not that we are supposed to buy wallet-offenders looks, it is just we can just use some stretch of imagination to replica the looks, silhouettes, textures.

whether in Swinging London Mod inspired mood or opting for technical fabrics or laser cut designs, remember simplicity (like this unexpected white dress from print queen Marni). In a season when colors are a rule, white must be kept pristine, sugar spun white only.

HOW TO ROCK IT.

To be catapulted into the impossibly cools add anything silver. Bejeweled flat sandals, minaudieres, punk-rock chains and safety pins. The top uber daring fashion driven piece to close a look will be a fur stole as profusely seen in Miu Miu (below) and Prada.