Milan Fashion Week FallWinter'13 | Menswear

This month great Menswear collections were showed at Fashion weeks like London, Milan and Paris.

Italian designers are always looking for new perspectives and point on view. Tailoring as the masterpiece and the look of menswear is now re-viewd with high-tech fabrics and luxury fur, introduced in menswear like it has been here forever.

So, let's talk about my favourite shows in Milan...

Burberry Prorsum

Burberry Prorsum

Ok. I always love Christopher Bailey's work, and this is no exception. This collection was called 'I love Classics', and sure we do. 

I always love a beautiful coat in camel or militar green, and I never resist to the great fashion experiences that Bailey always do with great high-tech materials, like the latex coats. Burberry Prorsum, for me always means Outerwear. It's all about the trench, the coats and amazing tailoring. And I don't even need to talk about the great accessories and technological advances that this brand always show us so well.

The classic Burberry pattern were in bags, scarfs and accessories, but always mixed with leopard print, seen in those amazing shoes, fur coats and beautiful iPad cases.

Oh, I forgot, don't you love those leopard print sunglasses? I'm sooo ready!!

Burberry Prorsum

Gucci

This Gucci collection is very colorful, but in a dark way. I just see beautful colors in dark shades like burgundy, olive green, and almost '50 shades of grey' in that magnificent fur coat! Clear blues opened the collection and aguen Outerwear were the masterpiece of the show, like in so many others this season.
I loved the details, like silk scarfs inside polos or turtle-necks, the luxury fabrics, and also the bags. And the tuxedos at the end of the show... So beautiful.
Did you saw Clement Chabernaud with the last look of the collection, with that coat? Ugh-mazing!

Gucci

Kenzo 

Surprisingly Kenzo is becoming one of the best young brands by the hands of Humberto Leon and Carol Lim. They are creating new house-codes from the brand and with this "Above the sky & beyond" collection, we can notice that so well. Creating a romantic and sophisticated men, inspired by the sky in graphics and cuts, including 'Tiger Fever', that is already an icon of the brand.
It's a collection that makes you dream above the sky, create fantasis and see the difference between night and day.

Kenzo

Fendi

Fendi, just a few seasons ago created their menswear line. Like the ID of the brand, it's all about fur, luxury and creativity. We notice oversized coats, capes and beautiful colors, like the magnificent yellow in that coat. Many pieces had fusion materials like a coat from leather to whool, or the red shirt showed here. I would love be in one of these coats in the freezing days that we are living, so Silvia Fendi, if you hear me (or read...) I'm here! Waiting...

Fendi

Milan Fashion Week | SpringSummer'13 ... Fendi, Gucci and Roberto Cavalli

We are stiil in Milan, and here are more of the best shows, this season!

If you like graphics,and stylish things, go Fendi. 

If you love strong, colourful dresses, day or evening, Gucci is the way. 

But if you are relaxed, sexy and bohemian, all at the same time... I think you're a Cavalli girl.

Many choices, and sense-of-style's to every women. That's Fashion Week. No matter if you are big or small, black or white... 

If you have style, you still in Fashion, baby! ;)

Fendi

I must say that I love Karl Lagerfeld's work at Fendi.It's always very graphic and luxurious, but with a fun twist. It's always innovative in cutting-leather, silhouettes, and accessories. like the very popular sunglasses, the bags  and shoes, of course! This time I loved the colours, all that magnificent blocks of sweet colour cut by hand making beautiful and elegant pieces. 

The shoes were absolutely gourgeous, and the way that they introduced the famous Fendi 'baguette' along side with a bigger bag, was impresive! The final dresses with fireworks effects were beautiful, and the final all-sequins dress, and 'baguette', walked by Joan Smalls, were really the masterpiece of this collection!

Gucci

Gucci is here to set trends. The block colors in total look are here to stay! This was such an impressive and powerful show. The long dresses with so much big ruffles, and strong colors, always attached to the neck, making it more elegant. The colar details were amazing, it seems like couture, and it gives so much oppulence to the dress! After the colour, I also loved the black and white set of dresses. So elegant, pure and modern... The 'twiggy' make-up make it better, strong eyes is always a match point. 

And Anja Rubik walking that long white dress with that cleavage, amazing sleeves and those eyes... Oh Lord... I can't even look!!!

Roberto Cavalli

Last Season Roberto Cavalli was impressive. And this season he's still here to killed it! This casual but always bohemian girl is here to show us what it feels like to have real sexyness in lifestyle. Amazing pure white looks with so much hand-crafted work, make those pieces be really special and so good in details. All the dresses had some touch of lace, always so sexy and pure, making the women more wanted and fatale. Did you see those trousers with striped leather? God, that is massive! 

I also loved all the black section at the end of the show. So much lace, cuts on the body, beautiful jackets and strong womens... 

Did you ever think that Cavalli was goin' wrong? Now he's in a good way, again. And this is a trully message of bohemian-sexyness!

Milan Fashion Week SS2013 | Menswear

A época para o Verão de 2013 está aberta, e a roupa de homem, como já é habito, dá o pontapé de saída nas rondas das semanas da moda.
Milão vem antes de Paris e traz frescura, bons cortes, alfaiataria moderna, grandes casas, cores frescas e tendências fortes.

Burberry Prorsum

Burberry Prorsum foi um dos primeiros desfiles e apresentou para o contentamento de todos, cores vibrantes em peles metalizadas, utilizando trench-coats, camisas, acessórios e sandálias... Os bomber jackets também se sobressaíram, ficando logo presos a inúmeras wishlists sentadas em frente à passerele. Juntamente com prints geométricos e de cores neutras, aplicados em sedas, em casacos, gravatas e calças pulverizados de cores fortes e brilhantes, somaram os ingredientes certos para esta ser uma colecção reveladora e bastante agradável apresentada por Christopher Bailey.

Dolce & Gabbana

Dolce&Gabbana trouxe um misto de emoções... A surpresa de trocar modelos por verdadeiros habitantes de Sicily (Italia), não sei se agradou ou não o publico, mas que o surpreendeu sem duvida alguma, surpreendeu! A colecção que misturava padrões de guerra italianos, com prints de riscas de vários tamanhos e cores, encaixavam-se em camisas, calções, t-shirts e calças de vários tamanhos e feitios. Os tamanhos inúmeras vezes não eram os certos, dando a ideia de as peças terem sido adquiridas do pai, ou do irmão mais velho! Uma herança vestida e apreciada por Domenico e Stefanno Gabbana. Pessoalmente gostei muito dos sapatos abertos, e de alguns prints em calções e t-shirts!

Gucci

Gucci, com o Verão de 2013 trouxe uma lufada de ar fresco, apontada por Frida Gianinni com cores claras e fortes, trazendo o arco-íris ao guarda roupa masculino, incorporado principalmente em fatos. Os prints coloridos e muito divertidos de seda em calças e casacos trouxeram grande animo a colecção e vida a peças de fundo branco já habituais no homem Gucci, mas aqui revisitados de uma forma espontânea e divertida! A minha peça favorita é o polo com o print azul, com as mangas em malha branca, lindo, lindo, e que eu usava até à exaustão!

Jil Sander

Jil Sander retornou à sua Jil Sander, mas permaneceram tantas influencias e feitios do, não esquecido, Raf Simons. Os cortes, as cores, os padrões abstractos e as sobreposições eram marcas bem grandes no trabalho de Raf, e aqui permaneceram sem me fazer impressão nenhuma. Noto uma colecção mais acessível, mas forte e coesa. Fiquei agradado e gostei bastante dos últimos looks, tanto os das bolinhas (todos adoráveis!), como os brancos, simples e lindos que fecharam o desfile.

Prada

Prada "Goes Minimal", e o publico quase nem teve tempo para digerir o tão pouco que estava a ver. Tudo muito parecido, quase igual, quase androgeno, numa filosofia minimalista e básica. Gostei mesmo muito das geometrias nos polos, camisas e casacos. As partes de cima são todas apetitosas e lindas, e as cores nada esperáveis são harmoniosas, bonitas e coesas. Já é de mim, mas não gostei das sandálias, nem dos blocos de cor aplicados nas calças... Miuccia Prada deixa-nos sempre algo para digerir lentamente e faz-nos sempre pensar no significado e sentido das coisas, mesmo não existindo um! Gostei muito do desfile e dos looks femininos que deram grande animo a colecção e completaram o sentido do minimal aplicado a todos.

  

Salvatore Ferragamo

Salvatore Ferragamo deu um grande giro, e tornou-se fresco, jovem, divertido e desinibido. Cores vibrantes, claras e animadas preencheram todas as roupas, conjugadas com branco em pinceladas animadas em pequenos detalhes na roupa ou em apontamentos nos acessórios. Eu, que não sou nada apreciador deste tipo de ténis desportivos, fiquei rendido a este modelos nestas cores, que usava sem pensar duas vezes! Divertidos, simples e práticos. Uma verdadeira surpresa!



Também em Milão, adorei o desfile de Valentino, super usável e muito masculino, com apontamentos de verde tropa e camuflados, misturado com amarelos, castanhos e clutchs maravilhosas quase em todos os looks! Vejam a colecção completa AQUI.

Milan Fashion Week | Fall Winter 2011 »Part I«

Milan is over... So, now its time to review and think in soo many information for just a few days!!

In this post we have some of the many shows presenting there! It will continue in »Part II«, but now enjoy this information and the things that i like in some of this shows!

Hope you like it!


Fendi
Fendi, like past season, come to me like a beautiful dream, with so many colors and new silhouettes. Love the bags, the headbands and the 'somethind-bigger-than-a-papillon'!! (i don't know the specific name of that!, btw) :)

The collection is very beautiful, the colors, textiles including the fur on the coats and the simple bags... that i like pretty much! Love the mix of colors in some outfits, like the blue skirt with orange pantyhose, and the brown skirt with the yellow pantyhose and a blue shirt...

Alberta Ferreti
Alberta Ferreti, have always a romantic taste! Sparkling dresses, transparencys, and color-blocking! Everything made this collection a success. The blues are the high of this collection in coats and dresses... I also love the coats with many colors... mixing blue, orange, purple, red and pink!!

Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta, this season brings a lot of color, the continuation of many collections from past season, for the Summer2011! Now we have different looks in orange, pink, yellow and also gold! The characteristic bags from Bottega Veneta are now vivide and alive, i love the 'Knot' cluth, and i think that every 'classy' woman should have one!!!

Gucci
Gucci repeats the facts from last season, with color-blocking, and silhouettes from the 70's. Fur, fur and lots of fur! Soo many colors in hats, jackets, shirts and cardigans. Also the few dresses at the end of the show with a lot of transparency and flowers, mixing bright colors with black, were stunning! Gucci is Gucci and also the bags are gorgeous...!
The key to a fantastic style? Just bring to Winter a bit of Summer, with so much colours like Frida Giannini did in this show...!

Max Mara
Max Mara, brings a pure collection in soft colors. White and grey are the key of this collection, but also black leather and camel invades this runway! The bag in the image, is just perfect! The union of the zippers are so beautiful and the grey leather, perfection!

The sunglasses and the shoes are also perfect items to add to the 'wish-list'!! Don't you think?



(Photos by Vogue.com)

Milan | Men's Fashion Week »Part I«

From the past five days, Milan gave us his Men's Fashion Week for the Winter 2011/2012.
I didn't have time to post about every detail, as i would like, but now i show you my favourite collections from this Fashion Week.

This is »Part I«, because many shows thrilled my eyes!!! And all of them in just one post, will be just, boring!
Soo, i hope you like my choices...

Burberry Prorsum
Burberry's designer Christopher Bailey loves himself some coats. And this season there are ship loads of em across a range of iconic cuts and fabrics, from a lumberjack coat in buffalo plaid to a duffel in burnt orange to vinyl slickers in shades of toffee and caramel. It's a collection that's deep in the Burberry roots, especially the two-button suits in camel, black and dark moss, but Bailey also mixes things up and reaches into all the references a modern man knows, throwing in Kangol-esque fur caps any MC would dig as well as lug-soled creepers that a new wave '80s boy would rock.

D&G
Fifty-odd years of American pop culture gets put in the Italian mix master and spun on 'high'.We've got suits in late-'60s era bold plaids paired with preppy check shirts; T-shirts with big Coca-Cola logos and Mickey Mouse images paired with bright-colored high tops and baggy jeans. There's even a Joe Namath-worthy fur coat.

Gucci
A nod to Gucci's '70s heritage. Frida Gianni takes that era's colors (dusty rose, brown, camel) and puts them on today's sharply tailored slim suits, then pairs them with shirts and ties in subtle color combinations like teal, tan and brown. This is a quieter swagger for Gucci this season, but don't think it's not a Gucci swagger through and through—not when coats come complete with a curly lamb shearling and fur collars as well as ostrich.

Jil Sander
What happens when Teutonic minimalism gets a shot of pop? This. It's like an iconic Joseph Beuys cashmere suit got left in a grade-school art room and retrofitted with bright tempera paint-colors (hyper blue, fuschia and Cheetos orange, among others) to create bold accents. Jil being Jil, the suits and sweaters and shirts are still cut slim and form-fitting, just like the cropped, quilted overcoats that have the feel of '60s Gstaad ski patrol coats.

Photos from Style.com

(the text's are from GQ.com, i think they are pretty good, so, i decided to put them here!)

Gucci | Children's Collection SS2011

Gucci | Children's Collection SS2011

The new children’s collection – represented by the iconic Gucci teddy bear – is divided into two age ranges from 0 to 2 years and 2 to 8 years, and will launch with the Spring Summer 2011 collection. Recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez will star in a special advertising campaign dedicated to the launch of Gucci’s new children’s collection and highlighting Gucci’s donation to UNICEF’s "Schools for Africa" initiative.


Gucci is proud to make one million dollar donation to UNICEF’s "School for Africa" initiative to celebrate six years partnership and the launch of Gucci Children’s Collection, because education is a gift forever.

The partnership has evolved to focus on UNICEF’s "Schools for Africa" initiative, which aims to increase access to quality basic education for millions of children in Africa, with a special emphasis on helping the most disadvantaged – girls, orphans, children living in extreme poverty, and other vulnerable children.

Check out the entire collection, here...



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Gucci | SS2011 Fashion Show

Gucci | SS2011 Fashion Show
Milan Fashion Week


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