We were behind the scenes at the Dimitri Show for the Spring 2017 season at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Once again we documented the workings of all the teams putting together a major runway show from beginning to end. It was quite amazing witnessing the hair, makeup, and styling units working in sync to meet the schedule.
All images made by Vladimir Sichov.
Seek and Premium – During Berlin Fashion Week many brand trade fairs are convened for buyers and sellers to meet to discuss and arrange what will be sold in stores the following seasons. While it lacks the glamour of a runway show, this is where the real business of fashion is done, with over 2500 collections of all sorts from street ware to luxury bags competing for attention for the opportunity, a small brand could go from obscurity to becoming a household name based on a decision of a retail buyer to sell a collection in a store.
As press, the trade fairs are valuable source for gagging upcoming fashion trends in colors, materials and fabrics, or shapes, or perhaps finding a label to champion.
Vladimir Sichov is a professional news photographer. Over the span of his 36 year career he has covered many events and stories from Paris Fashion Week to the Fall of the USSR.
This is the second time we will be there to record the scenes of putting together the Ivanman fashion Show. The details, the models, and all the fun and drama.
An accessory is the perfect statement detail, in Milan there is no shortage of the perfect bag with unique touches for a man on the go.
Orciani
Valextra
Bertoni
Menswear in Milan was about comfortable, breezy fabrics with touches of sex appeal.
Cifonelli decided if a man is going to be sophisticated, be sophisticated.
Trussardi defined the masculine shape in the forms of pieces representing leisure .
Larusmiani took inspiration from the Rat Pack with pastel colors and informal forms.
Ermanno Scervino decided on the informal with colors, stripes, and prints
Brunello Cucinelli looks were more manly man urban for taking a coffee at a chic sidewalk cafe.
Luca Larenza had a Mexican motif his collection of sweaters and t-shirts
Calvin Klein stayed true to its minimalistic DNA with understated coolness.
All images by Canon Camera Ixus.
Fashion Week Milan Men 2016
Menswear looks from Milan based fashion brands were on display throughout the city from Fashion Shows to Presentations in stunning settings. Being a Fashion Capital, Milan offers a myriad of designers producing clothing, shoes, bags, and other accessories for the well-dressed man of the season who desires relaxed tailoring. Menswear fashion taste is consistent; a definition of male elegant sex appeal and seduction combined with soft fabrics, some collections were muted while others were a mix of hues and patterns. A luxury accessory here and there can do wonders for a look, Milan lived up to its reputation for leather goods with shoes and bag in all shapes, colors, and sizes.
I was proactive in Milan from the time I landed to the time I left, racing around the city with a smartphone app (installed on my second day) or asking police and super friendly metro station workers for directions was a fun way to get around the city from one location to the next for an interview or conferences held by Camera Nazinale della Moda Italiana. Public transport in Milan is excellent, from the romantic vintage trams to the modern underground system. Walking around can took a bit of skill because of the city’s triangle planned streets, north and south seemed one but I managed.
Eat your heart out Downton Abbey! The surroundings of the presentations were impressive, and in some cases, stunning. Medieval palaces, 19th century villas in the heart of the city, fashion storytelling with an arc of fineness. Yes, I was awe inspired looking over a shoe collection with a 400 year old tapestry in the background. Moving forward to the modern locales, which were equally impressive included: garages, roof top cafes, and a shop with an 8 meter mannequin, there was not a single dull place to view next Spring’s looks.
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Shoes Glorious Shoes, we were anxious to see them all.
Jimmy Choo decided on a masculine effect for 2017.
Giuseppe Zanotti colors and more colors with washed silks and decorative elements.
Bally Shoes get a new groove with added embellishments to the brand DNA.
Fratelli Rossetti classic styling mingles exotic leathers and tassels.
Tod’s is known for low key style with luxury details.
Christian Louboutin‘s collection were about making a statement.
Rush, rush from one place to another I decided to use a small camera for Milan Fashion Week , the Canon Ixus. I slipped it in and out of my bag during appointments for fast pictures. It was a great fit.
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London Collections Men
The city on the Thames made strides with collections that showcase its fast lane style moving from gender free looks to oversized shapes. What makes London Fashion so electric is the quirkiness of its designers with their ability to throw any and everything at the wall. There is a refusal to allow one type of aesthetic to command the scene but rather it borrows or absorbs to in order to define its own sense of the masculine form.
