From Milan’s most stylish concept store Antonia, fashion designer Khosrov talks about a collection themed on classic styles combined with modern elements.
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Milan Fashion Week always involves shoes.
When Anna Piaggi passed away in 2012 at 81, fashion journalism lost an original. The Italian born writer left a mark with her conspicuous runway front row style.
Friends with Lagerfeld, Blahnik and others, Piaggi was a style giant with hats and dyed hair.
During the Lineappelle, the trade fair held an exhibition dedicated to flamboyant Milanese duds chronicler.
These days it is harder and harder keeping up with who is where in the fashion business. The past week has been a checker board of movement.
Stay tuned for our Before Tacky Podcast on what is happening.
Demna takes over at Gucci.
Donatella is out at Versace.
Jonathan quits Loewe.
From Florence Italy during Pitti Uomo, this spontaneous podcast happened while walking to another appointment. I met Felipe Fiallo while the Italian shoe designer was discussing his collection.
I grabbed a tablet, then asked him to go over his footwear designs.
This season from Milan Fashion Week, a different angle, we are covering Lineapelle. The large trade fair on luxury leather production. The event is something, an education on how to produce opulent products.
Stay tuned for more.
Designer Victor Hart from Bologna gave a fast interview about his denim line. Stay tuned for the video story.
The most anticipated runway show on the New York Fashion Week calendar, Calvin Klein. After several years off the schedule the iconic label announced a new collection would be shown from a new creative head. Veronica Leoni, the Italian designer took charge of the famed brand. Calvin Klein transcended fashion, from jeans, slogans, scents, ads and commercials, the New York clothier became a part of the cultural landscape.
Mixing minimalism, athleticism and sensuality a Calvin Klein became one of the top fashion brands in the world.
After selling the company to PVH in 2002, Klein stepped away from the fashion world. Raf Simons briefly took the helm from 2016 to 2018. What looked like a perfect fit on paper, soon became a slow-moving clash between creative vision and corporate reality, the Belgium designer left. After the departure, Calvin Klein stopped presenting runway shows. Instead corporate heads focused on the lucrative under garments, accessories and perfume lines.
Now, Veronica is at bat, the first female to head CK. The former Celine and The Row designer has the task of breathing new life into the iconic fifty-seven year old clothier.
I would like to praise the looks but for one reason or another, the feeling of confusion enters my head. The gender mixed show included shapes and colors that came across as robotic inspired. The lack of fluid sexuality for a brand known for sex appeal got lost in the modern translation. Where were the bodies? The masculinity. The femininity.
The streamlined vertical aesthetic took a turn in Leoni’s interpretation. Taken away to the closet replaced with added addendums fitting the times: slouchy jackets with elongated sleeves.
Was this a great collection from Calvin Klein? I expect to see a more concise line the next time.
Today another creative head departed from a big house. Keeping up with who is where, for how long is getting harder. This time Sabato De Sarno “quit” Gucci after only two years. It is no secret the Italian Fashion House has struggled in the past years. Sales have fallen to the point of panic for parent company Kering as buyers turn to other labels.
Kim Jones walked away from Dior. The shocking news came right after presenting his latest collection in Paris for menswear week. The British born designer made a mark at the top of the heritage house with a modern interpretation of tailored pieces.
There was a time in the fashion business when longevity matter, not anymore. Taking the job as a head designer should come with a stylish 48 hour bag.
Coming soon, Up To You Anthology is a handbag brand with an ethos based on design.
